In this issue: Introduction FAOLEX - Sus orígenes y desarrollo L’identité FAOLEX Open Data and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities Introduction This is the first of a special series of Development Law celebrating the silver jubilee of the FAOLEX legislative database, which was...

As part of FAO’s response to support countries in their efforts against COVID-19, and following its earlier COVID-19 policy brief Legal considerations in the context of responses to COVID-19 to mitigate the risk of food insecurity, the Development Law Service has...

LEGN led the assessment of the legal frameworks of eight countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the FAO Subregional office for Southern Africa.  The laws of Comoros, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and...

LEGN has developed a Methodology for the assessment of national legislation in AMR-relevant areas in the food and agriculture sector. Between 2019 and 2020, LEGN supported 20 countries to analyse their legislation against this Methodology, and has contributed to consequent legal reform...

Nicaragua passed a new Law on Plant Protection (Ley 1020 de Protección Fitosanitaria de Nicaragua– DO 26-03-2020) on 11 March 2020.  The Development Law Service (LEGN) provided technical support to the national plant protection organization, in collaboration with the IPPC...