Strengthening the Right to Adequate Food, FIAN International
With 815 million undernourished people in 2017, the right to food as laid in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights is still not realized. For the past thirty years, FIAN International has raised awareness about people's right to food worldwide and expanded spaces for civil society to hold governments more accountable. This project will promote effective participation of rights holders in food security and nutrition policies and governance mechanisms and be complemented by SDC support to the mandate of the UN Special rapporteur on the right to food.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
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Global |
Agriculture & food security Human rights Gender Governance Rule of Law - Democracy - Human rights
Agricultural policy
Human rights (incl. Women's rights) Women’s equality organisations and institutions Public sector policy |
05.06.2015
- 01.01.2018 |
CHF 1’813’000
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- Other international or foreign NGO North
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation AGRICULTURE
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Agricultural policy and administrative management
Human rights
Public sector policy and administrative management
Women's equality organisations and institutions
Cross-cutting topics The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Aid Type Mandate without fiduciary fund
Project and programme contribution
Project number 7F09181
| Background | Everyone has a human right to adequate food and nutrition. In spite of the comprehensive framework and the numerous international instruments on the right to food, there is still a wide gap in implementation of these standards, a lack of accountability and a lack of policy coherence at national and global levels. This is compounded by the current shrinking space for civil society to claim the right to food and nutrition, with serious consequences such as the increasing criminalization of right holders. |
| Objectives | To provide support to the realization of the right to food via two lines of actions – one directed at civil society support (via FIAN) and the other targeting the reinforcement of the mandate of the Special rapporteur on the right to food, in particular her contribution to the decisions of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). |
| Target groups | Peasant, landless, agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, fisherfolks, women and youth. |
| Medium-term outcomes |
FIAN:
Strengthened RtFN legal and policy frameworks in selected countries: Strengthened RtFN accountability through human rights monitoring at all levels: Improved policy coherence with the RtFN in global standard setting processes Special rapporteur on the right to food:
CFS outcomes are influenced with the perspective of the mandate of the Special rapporteur. The reports of the SR are widely disseminated and media, included social media coverage is enhanced and updated.
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| Results |
Expected results:
FIAN: - Establishment or consolidation of national-level platforms for policy dialogue on the RtFN.
- Reference to RtFN frameworks in the Voluntary National
reviews (VNR) presented in the HLPF in reference to progress on SDG goals 2 and 5.
- Establishment or consolidation of national RtFN monitoring spaces in line with the CFS monitoring process.
- Enhanced use of the People’s Monitoring process and of the Watch in national-level monitoring processes and accountability mechanisms.
- Increased references to the RtFN by regional accountability mechanisms.
- Adoption of a global framework on nutrition that is based on the RtFN.
- Adoption of general comments and recommendations by UN human rights treaty bodies that reflect a holistic interpretation of the RtFN.
- Adoption of versions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and the UN Treaty to Regulate Transnational corporations that reflect strong gender equality language and approach. Special rapporteur on the right to food:
- Strengthened presence of the SR at the CFS - Increased promotion of the work of the mandate Results from previous phases:
FIAN: Enhancement and further coherence of the international normative and policy framework on the RtFN, such as the inclusion of rural women constituencies in the drafting process of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)’s General Recommendation No. 34. Increased knowledge and ownership on human rights instruments, such as the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) among local communities, national actors and members of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition (GNRtFN).
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| Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
| Credit area |
Development cooperation |
| Project partners |
Contract partner International or foreign NGO Other partners FIAN (Food First Information and Action Network) OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) |
| Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 1’813’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 1’842’439 Total project since first phase Swiss budget CHF 1’800’000 Budget inclusive project partner CHF 3’780’000 |
| Project phases |
Phase 2
01.01.2018
- 31.10.2021
(Completed)
Phase 1 05.06.2015 - 31.12.2017 (Completed) |
