PHM-Exch> Released today: Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2010

[Claudio Schuftan]

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New release:*

*Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2010*

*“LAND GRABBING AND NUTRITION: CHALLENGES FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE”*

*to be launched in Abidjan, Amsterdam, Andhra Pradesh, Bamenda, Bangui,
Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Cotonou, Dakar, Delhi, Geneva,
Grenoble, Helsinki, Málaga, Mexico city, New Orleans, New York, Ouagadougou,
Penang, Rome, Sokodé, Utrecht, Venice and Vienna.*

*Heidelberg/Stuttgart/Utrecht, October 7, 2010 *- On the occasion of World
Food Day 2010, the second issue of the *Right to Food and Nutrition Watch* will
be presented to the public in over twenty countries by representatives of
the thirteen civil society organizations that are working together to
publish this review. The *Right to Food and Nutrition Watch* is the *first *
and* only* international periodical review that monitors state actors’
actions related to the realization of the right to food and nutrition.

*Key messages of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2010:*

   - The unacceptable number of 925 million people suffering chronic hunger
   in a world that has enough food for all is a call for a profound turnaround
   in international food and nutrition related policies.
   - The far-reaching governance reforms of the global food system initiated
   in 2009 are a signal of hope. In particular the consensus to establish a
   more participatory Committee on World Food Security (CFS) as the one global
   platform for coordination is an important step forward.
   - However, the new CFS needs to show its effectiveness by taking strong
   action against land grabbing and speculation in food commodity markets and
   by mainstreaming nutrition into global strategies against hunger.
   - The dramatic increase of land grabbing (large scale land acquisitions
   of international investors) is alarming. The *Right to Food and Nutrition
   Watch* shows how land grabbing aggravates hunger in Africa, Asia and
   Latin America by leading to eviction of peasant communities from their main
   source of livelihood. During the last 3 years, between 20 and 50 million
   hectares have fallen into international investors’ hand, particularly in
   sub-Saharan Africa.
   - The *Right to Food and Nutrition Watch* makes a strong call to hold
   governments and international actors to account under international human
   rights law by monitoring the effects of national and international policies
   and investments.  When politicians or companies are found to be responsible
   for generating hunger, their actions need to be investigated and adequate
   measures must be taken.



Published annually, the *Right to Food and Nutrition Watch* is a powerful
tool to put pressure on policymakers at the national and international level
to take the human right to food and nutrition into account. The *Right to
Food and Nutrition Watch *provides a platform for human rights experts,
civil society activists, social movements, the media, and scholars to
exchange experiences on how best to carry out right to food and nutrition
work, including lobbying and advocacy.

*For further information, please visit
**www.rtfn-watch.org*<http://www.rtfn-watch.org/>
 *or* *contact: Martin Wolpold-Bosien
**wolpold-bosien at fian.org*<wolpold-bosien at fian.org>
* , +49-177-339 1263, Léa Winter **winter at fian.org* <winter at fian.org>*,
+49-6221 653 00 30 or Wilma Strothenke
**strothenke at fian.org*<strothenke at fian.org>
*, +49-6221 653 00 56.*

*Published by*: Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World), FIAN International
and Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO)

*Consortium Members*: African Network on the Right to Food (ANoRF),
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), DanChurchAid,  Habitat International
Coalition (HIC), Observatory Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, People's
Health Movement (PHM), Inter-American Platform for Human Rights, Democracy
and Development  (PIDHDD), Rights and Democracy, World Alliance for
Breastfeeding Action (WABA), and World Organisation against Torture (OMCT).

Available in English, Spanish and French at
*www.rtfn-watch.org*<http://www.rtfn-watch.org/>.
Published in October 2010.
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