Summary

Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/217, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food submits the present report, in which he examines the emerging issues with regard to the realization of the right to food, in particular in the context of the response to and recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This report comes at a time when the right to food has been widely recognized as the way forward to respond to and recover from the food crisis and to transform food systems.