[22 July 2013] LILONGWE – “Recent high-profiled food security policies have failed to rid Malawi of chronic food insecurity and malnutrition,” said Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, as he concluded his eleven-day mission to the Republic of Malawi.

[8 July 2013] NEW DELHI – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, has welcomed new legislation in India that will form the basis for the largest food subsidy programme in the world.

[21 May 2013] GENEVA – A group of United Nations human rights experts today called* for the post-2015 development agenda to be urgently refocused on equality, social protection and accountability. The statement came as UN Member States will discuss this week in New York how to shape a new set of global development goals.

[10 May 2013] BRUSSELS - On the occasion of World Fair Trade Day 2013 (11.05.2013) the Special Rapporteur released the following Q&A document, entitled 'The contribution of Fair Trade to securing human rights in agriculture', to take stock of the role of the Fair Trade movement in achieving more just and sustainable food systems.