On 12 May 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) jointly hosted the online event “School food and nutrition policy and legal frameworks. School meal nutrition guidelines and standards –...

The FAO Development Law Service has just published a new Legal Paper on Human Rights and the Environment. Authored by two leading thinkers in the field of international human rights and environmental law (John H. Knox- Wake Forest University; and Elisa...

At its 36th Ordinary Assembly on 11 February 2022, the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) adopted the Model Law for the prevention and reduction of food loss and waste. This model law was drafted with the technical assistance of...

Les cadres juridiques sont fondamentaux afin d’ancrer les efforts politiques pour l’agriculture familiale au sein de systèmes agroalimentaires inclusifs et durables. La Décennie des Nations Unies pour l’agriculture familiale 2019‑2028 (DNUAF) souligne l’importance de l’agriculture familiale pour la réalisation de...

What can law do to stop food fraud? The FAO Development Law Service (LEGN), in partnership with the FAO Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF) and the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy of the University of California,...