Consumer organizations and the right to adequate food

This course is aimed primarily at consumer organizations, to support their work on food issues.

• How human rights, the human rights-based approach and the right to food relate to consumer organizations.
• Areas of action for consumer organizations that can benefit from a human rights-based approach.
• Human rights instruments and resources that can support the actions of consumer organizations.

The course provides a quick introduction to human rights and the human rights-based approach, as they relate to consumer organizations. Subsequent sections describe some of the areas of action for community organizations that can benefit from a human rights-based approach, specifically:

• Action 1: Protect the right to food of consumers
• Action 2: Support national policy and legislative development
• Action 3: Engage with human rights mechanisms
• Action 4: Promote sustainable consumption
• Action 5: Support private sector accountability

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