Right to food fundamentals - Part 2: The human right to adequate food

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.

• Meaning, history, and legal foundations of the human right to adequate food.
• Who the main right to food actors are and what roles they play.
• The nature of the obligations that states have in relation to the right to food and how they are fulfilled by different state actors.
• What the Right to Food Guidelines are and how they can support the realization of the right to food.

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

• Lesson 1: What is the right to adequate food?
• Lesson 2: Roles and responsibilities of right to food actors
• Lesson 3: The Right to Food Guidelines

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