Rome, Italy The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on further collaboration towards strengthening policies and legal frameworks that...

December 13, 2022 The Development Law Service took part in a hybrid modality dialogue on “Gaps and Opportunities for a Model Law on Agrifood Cooperatives”, to discuss the drafting of a Model Law on Agrifood Cooperatives for the Latin American and...

On the day of commemoration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948, celebrated annually as Human Rights Day on 10 December, LEGN showcases its contribution to FAO’s key role in the advancement of the right...

Cape Town, 23 November 2022 The Development Law Service (LEGN) and the Equitable Livelihoods team (NFIFL) of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division jointly launched SSF-LEX at the 4th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress - African region. SSF-LEX is the new policy and legal...

Saly, Senegal, 21-25 November 2022 FAO held a national workshop in Senegal to develop a National Strategy and Roadmap for effective implementation of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), complementary international instruments and regional mechanisms to combat illegal,...