FAO Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the context of national food security

FAO Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the context of national food security

Voluntary Guidelines for Human Rights Objective of the guidelines: give guidance to states to a practical application of human rights law RtF&N translate HR principles (PANTHER) into concrete recommendations for action give a framework for cross-sector coordination of actions and strategies a tool for civil society for advocating and monitoring policies and programs Guidance to strengthen good governance and peoples capacity building reference when elaborating strategies, policies, programs and HR reports 2012: Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests

FAO Right to Food Guidelines Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security - 19 guidelines adopted by the FAO Council in 2004, by more than 190 countries. - Practical guide for states (ministries, institutions) to implement a rights-based approach to food. - Guide for civil society to claim state action - Voluntary, but build on international law and existing standards and obligations - Voluntary reporting! To Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

FAO Right to Food Guidelines The VG contain three main sections: Section I Preface and Introduction Section II Enabling environment, assistance and accountability (19 guidelines) Section III International measures, actions and commitments

FAO Right to Food Guidelines 1. Democracy, good governance, HR and the rule of law - Legal framework, democratic structure 2. Economic development policies - sustainable, inclusive, pro-poor development, inter-sectoral approach - guarantee food supply, distribution and consumption 3. Strategies - participatory, transparent, comprehensive, HR-based poverty reduction strategies 4. Market systems - improvement of market systems towards food security, nondiscriminatory access, storage and transportation - commitment of market players to realize the right to food / food security, corporate social responsibility 5. Institutions - importance of public institutions and their efficiency to implement the VG, anti-corruption measures

FAO Right to Food Guidelines 6. Stakeholders - multi-stakeholder approach to food security 7. Legal Framework - legal instruments for implementation of VG - judicial recourse-mechanism for violations, remedies 8. Access to resources and assets - protect, promote access and sustainable use (land reform) - labour, land, water, GMO, sustainability, services 9. Food safety and consumer protection 10. Nutrition - education on healthy eating habits - access to nutritious food, gardens, information - special attention to vulnerable groups (HIV/AIDS), children under 5, lactating mothers - inter-sectoral approach

FAO Right to Food Guidelines 11. Education and awareness raising - human rights education at different levels: schools, higher education, CS, government officials 12. National financial resources - Allocation of financial resources for anti-hunger programs - Transparency, coherence, accountability - Taxation, no budget cuts, 13. Support to vulnerable groups - identification of vulnerable groups, disaggregated analysis - effective targeting of assistance, right channels 14. Safety Nets - assistance trough cash or in kind transfer programs - identify and target those in need - establishment of eligibility criteria - exit strategies

FAO Right to Food Guidelines 15. International Food Aid - norms, safety, exit-strategies 16. Natural and human-made disasters wars, conflicts, starvation as an instrument of war 17. Monitoring, quality of indicators and benchmarks 18. National human rights institutions, ombudsperson 19. International dimension Section III International cooperation/ Development assistance International trade External debt

Implementation of the RtF Right to Food Methodological Toolbox: 1. Guide on legislating for the right to food 2. Methods to monitor the human right to adequate food Vol I + Vol II 3. Guide to conducting a right to food assessment 4. Right to food curriculum outline 5. Budget work to advance the right to food

Implementation of the RtF Target group / Learner group / Stakeholders: Legislators and their staff Policy decision-makers; politicians Civil Servants: planners, technical staff in public institutions Human rights institutions Courts and legal officers NGOs working on food security and the right to food Social movements Technical cooperation agencies; international financial institutions

Right to Food Assessment Tool 1. Identifying and characterizing the food insecure, vulnerable groups and prevalence of malnutrition 2. Understanding the underlying causes of hunger and malnutrition - Causality Analysis (UNICEF 1990) 3. Analysing the legal framework 4. Assessing the institutional framework - Budget Analysis and constraints - Efficiency 5. Analysing and understanding the implementation of policies and programs 6. Assessing the impacts on the RtF & N - Reduction of food insecurity malnutrition

Scale of the Assessment/Monitoring - at national level, cross-sector analysis - focus on a selection of the guidelines - per existing food security policy or program - focussing on specific vulnerable and food insecure groups

Monitoring tool for the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines FIAN: Screen state action against hunger! - Provides key questions for HRB monitoring of state action - Monitoring tool - Right to Food reporting tool

Monitoring the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines Key questions per guideline on: a) Structures: legal and institutional structures b) Measures: Which policies are adopted and programmes are introduced and are there institutions for realization? How are they implemented? a) Outcomes: measuring effectiveness of the policies and programmes progress in reduction of malnutrition, reaching target groups, complaint mechanisms, complaints

Monitoring the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines Guideline 10 Nutrition: 1. Are there institutions in charge of promoting adequate nutrition? - enough human, economic, administrative and technical resources - coverage national territory? - do they address and communicate with vulnerable groups?

Monitoring the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines 2. Which policies, programmes and projects are in place? - do they address different needs of different groups? - is there disaggregated data available? - are the underlying causes of malnutrition addressed? - are there monitoring mechanisms in place for the nutritional situation of groups? - are their educational programmes oriented to women, community leaders? - are there exit-strategies in place when food is provided directly? 3. Has there been progress in under-nourishment rates of different groups?

How to use the process and the results of a RtF&N assessment/monitoring - Education and awareness raising for all stakeholders - Advocacy and advice for food security policies - Development of well-targeted and well structured food, income and nutrition programs - International reporting to the UN-HR monitoring system

How to use the process and the results

Sources Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/009/y9825e/y9825e00.htm Screen State Action against Hunger! How to use the Voluntary guidelines on the Right to Food to monitor public policies. http://www.fian.org/resources/documents/others/screen-state-actionagainst-hunger/pdf The Right to Food Assessment Checklist FAO: http://www.fao.org/righttofood/inaction/checklist_assessment_en.htm

Sources OHCHR and FAO fact sheet: The Right to Adequate Food http://www.fao.org/righttofood/publi10/factsheet34en.p df FAO Methodological Tool Box on the Right to Food http://www.fao.org/righttofood/publi_02_en.htm Training course: A Primer to the Right to Adequate Food http://www.fao.org/righttofood/kc/dl_en.htm Training course: Methodologies for the implementation of the Right to Food http://www.fao.org/righttofood/kc/methodologies_en.htm