The right to food must not be subordinated to WTO agreements

15/03/2004

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
60th session
15 March – 23 April 2004

[Extract from the declaration]

The Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM) is deeply concerned about the draft ‘Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food’. Drawn up by an intergovernmental working group within the FAO, it should be adopted next September. This draft ignores the obligatory nature of the right to food, which is recognised in several instruments of international law.

Read the CETIM’s oral declaration

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