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Special Rapporteur on the right to food
In resolution 2000/10 the Commission requested the Special Rapporteur to submit a report at its annual sessions and to present a report to the General Assembly as well on the activities, themes identified and studies undertaken. Find a list below of all reports.
| Year | Symbol number and links | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | A/HRC/55/49 | Fisheries and the right to food in the context of climate change |
| A/79/171 | Starvation and the right to food, with an emphasis on the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty *Illustrations produced by Special Rapporteur | |
| 2023 | A/HRC/52/40 | Conflict and the right to food |
| A/78/202 | Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food | |
| 2022 | A/77/177 | Right to food and the COVID-19 pandemic |
| A/HRC/49/43 | Seeds, right to life and farmers’ rights | |
| 2021 | A/76/237 | Food systems and human rights |
| A/HRC/46/33 View report page | Vision of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food | |
| 2020 | A/75/219 View report page | The right to food in the context of international trade law and policy |
| A/HRC/43/44 View report page | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to the Human Rights Council on Critical perspective on food systems, food crises and the future of the right to food | |
| A/HRC/43/44/ADD.3 | Addendum - Mission to Azerbaijan: comments by the State on the report of the Special Rapporteur | |
| A/HRC/43/44/ADD.4 | Addendum - Mission to Zimbabwe: comments by the State on the report of the Special Rapporteur | |
| 2019 | A/74/164 View report page | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to the United General Assembly on the Sustainable Development Goals |
| A/HRC/40/56 View report page | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to the Human Rights Council on Fishery Workers | |
| 2018 | A/73/164 View report page | Report to the General Assembly (Agricultural Workers and the Right to food) |
| A/HRC/37/61 View report page | Report to the Human Rights Council (Right to food in the context of natural disasters) | |
| A/HRC/37/61/Add.1 | Addendum- Report on mission to Zambia | |
| 2017 | A/72/188 | Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food |
| A/HRC/34/48 View report page | Report to the Human Rights Council (Effects of pesticides on the right to food) | |
| A/HRC/34/48/Add.3 (English only) | Addendum- Mission to Poland: comments by the State on the report of the Special Rapporteur | |
| 2016 | A/71/282 View report page | Report to the General Assembly (Right to food and nutrition) |
| A/HRC/31/51 View report page | Report to the Human Rights Council (Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food) | |
| A/HRC/31/51/Add.3 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food on her mission to the Philippines: comments by the State | |
| A/HRC/31/51/Add.4 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food on her mission to Morocco: comments by the State | |
| 2015 | A/70/287 View report page | Report to the General Assembly (Impact of climate change on the right to food) |
| A/HRC/28/65 View report page | Report to the Human Rights Council (Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward) | |
| 2014 | A/69/275 | Report to the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/25/57 | Report to the Human Rights Council ("The transformative potential of the right to food") | |
| 2013 | A/68/288 | Report to the General Assembly ("Assessing a decade of progress on the right to food") |
| A/HRC/22/50 | Report to the Human Rights Council ("Women's right and the right to food") | |
| A/HRC/22/50/Add.3 | Addendum - Report on mission to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | |
| 2012 | A/67/268 | Report to the General Assembly ("Fisheries and the right to food") |
| A/HRC/19/59 | Report to the Human Rights Council (main focus: "The right to an adequate diet: the agriculture-food-health nexus") | |
| A/HRC/19/59/Corr.1 | Corrigendum | |
| A/HRC/19/59/Corr.2 (Français only) | Corrigendum | |
| A/HRC/19/59/Add.5 | Addendum - Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Trade and Investment Agreements | |
| Non-official translations A/HRC/19/59/Add.5, Annex (Español only) | (The summary is available in all official languages. The full text of the Guiding Principles, contained in the annex, is in English only.) | |
| A/HRC/19/59/Add.6/Rev.1 (English only) | Addendum - Mission to South Africa: comments by the State on the report of the Special Rapporteur | |
| 2011 | A/66/262 | Report to the General Assembly (main focus: human rights criteria for making contract farming and other business models inclusive of small-scale farmers) |
| A/HRC/16/49 | Report to the Human Rights Council (main focus: agroecology and the right to food) | |
| A/HRC/16/49/Add.1 (English only) | Addendum - Communications to and from Governments and other actors | |
| 2010 | A/65/281 | Report to the General Assembly (main focus: access to land and the right to food) |
| A/HRC/13/33 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food (main focus: agribusiness and the right to food) | |
| A/HRC/13/33/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications to and from Governments | |
| A/HRC/13/33/Add.2 | Addendum - Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: A set of minimum principles and measures to address the human rights challenge | |
| 2009 | A/64/170 | Report to the General Assembly (main focus: seed policies and the right to food) |
| A/HRC/10/5 | Report to the HRC, The role of development cooperation and food aid in realizing the right to adequate food: moving from charity to obligation | |
| A/HRC/10/5/Add.1 | Report to the HRC, summary of communications sent and replies received from Governments and other actors | |
| A/HRC/10/5/Add.2 | Report to the HRC, Mission to the World Trade Organisation, | |
| 2008 | A/63/278 | Report to the General Assembly |
| A/HRC/9/23 | Report to the Human Rights Council (Main Focus: Building resilience in response to the global food crisis) | |
| A/HRC/7/5 | Report to the Human Rights Council (Main focus: Refugees from hunger) | |
| A/HRC/7/5/Add.1 | Communications to and from Governments | |
| 2007 | A/62/289 | Report to the General Assembly (Main focus: The impact of biofuels on the right to food) |
| A/HRC/4/30 | Report to the Human Rights Council (Main focus: Children and their human right to food) | |
| A/HRC/4/30/Add.1 | Communications to and from Governments | |
| 2006 | E/CN.4/2006/44 | Report to the Commission on Human Rights (Main focus: Defining the right to food in an era of globalization) |
| 2005 | A/60/350 | Report to the General Assembly (Main focus: The responsibilities of international organizations concerning the right to food) |
| E/CN.4/2005/47 | Report to the Commission on Human Rights (Main focus: Extraterritorial obligations of States to the right to food) | |
| 2004 | A/59/385 | Report to the General Assembly (Main focus: The right to food and fishing livelihoods) |
| E/CN.4/2004/10 | Report to the Commission on Human Rights (Main focus: Food security and sovereignty) | |
| 2003 | E/CN.4/2003/54 | Report to the Commission on Human Rights (Main focuses: International guidelines on the right to food ; water and the right to food) |
| A/58/330 | Report to the General Assembly (Main focus: Transnational corporations and the right to food) | |
| 2002 | E/CN.4/2002/58 | Report to the Commission on Human Rights (Main focus: Justiciability of the right to food) |
| A/57/356 | Report to the General Assembly (Main focus: Access to land, agrarian reform and the right to food) | |
| 2001 | E/CN.4/2001/53 | Report to the Commission on Human Rights (Main focus: Definition and history of the right to food) |
| A/56/210 | Report to the General Assembly (Main focus: Definition of the right to food) |