Right to food fundamentals - Part 1: The human rights-based approach

This course is open to everyone interested in the right to food, but is particularly aimed at practitioners, decision-makers, activists, and researchers working in the fields of food security, nutrition, agriculture, and sustainable development.

• What human rights are and where they come from.
• The international human rights system.
• The human rights-based approach (HRBA).
• Why HRBA is a powerful tool to advance the worldwide realization of human rights, including the right to food.

This course is organized into two lessons of approximately 40-50 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 - Introduction to the international human rights framework
• Lesson 2 - The human rights-based approach to development

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