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Publications

Studies and Reports of / presented to the UN Human Rights Council’s Advisory Committee


Year
 Topic
Document symbol
2010
 Preliminary study of the HRCAC on discrimination in the context of the right to food
A/HRC/13/32
2009
 Background paper "Peasant Farmers and the Right to Food: a History of Discrimination and Exploitation"
 A/HRC/AC/3/CRP.5
2009
 Background paper "The Tragedy of Noma" A/HRC/AC/3/CRP.3
2009
 Working paper by Jean Ziegler "Preliminary Report to the drafting group of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the Right to Food" A/HRC/AC/2/CRP.2

Reports of Special Rapporteur on Right to Food 2000-2008


Country Reports
Year Country mission to Document symbol
2007
  		Cuba A/HRC/7/5/Add.3
Bolivia A/HRC/7/5/Add.2
 
2006 		Lebanon A/HRC/2/8
Niger A/60/350 E/CN.4/2006/44
India E/CN.4/2006/44/Add.2
Guatemala E/CN.4/2006/44/Add.1
2005 Mongolia E/CN.4/2005/47/Add.2
Ethiopia E/CN.4/2005/47/Add.1
2004 Occupied Palestinian Territories
 E/CN.4/2004/10/Add.2
Bangladesh E/CN.4/2004/10/Add.1
2003 Brazil E/CN.4/2003/54/Add.1
2002 Niger  E/CN.4/2002/58/Add.1

Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to the
Commission on Human Rights / Human Rights Council
Year
 Key issues discussed in the reports Document symbol
2008 The right to food in international law
Where the problems are
Where is hope 		A/HRC/7/5
E
2007 Children and their human right to food
Fleeing from hunger - the world’s hunger refugees 		A/HRC/4/30
E
2006 Defining the right to food in an era of globalization E/CN.4/2006/44
E
2005 International voluntary guidelines on the right to food
Extraterritorial obligations of states to the right to food 		E/CN.4/2005/47
E
2004 Trade and food security: the failure at Cancún
Food sovereignty and the right to food
Transnational corporations and the right to food 		E/CN.4/2004/10
E
2003 International guidelines on the right to food
Water and the right to food
Allegations of violations of the right to food   		E/CN.4/2003/54
E  
2002 Justiciability of the right to food
Humanitarian law and humanitarian assistance 		E/CN.4/2002/58
E
2001 Definition and history of the right to food
International instruments
Domestic legislation
Economic and social obstacles   		E/CN.4/2001/53
E   
 

Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to the
General Assembly
2007 The impact of biofuels on the right to food
Protection gaps for people fleeing from hunger 		A/62/289
2006 Desertification, land degradation and the right to food
The new human rights council and the right to food 		A/61/306  
2005 Situation of special concern: famine in Niger
Key issues facing the right to food of indigenous people
The responsibilities of international organizations concerning the right to food 		A/60/350
E
 
2004 An update on the "Voluntary Guidelines" on the right to adequate food
The right to adequate food and fishing livelihoods   		A/59/385
E
2003 Gender and the right to food
Transnational corporations and the right to food
 A/58/330
E
2002 The world food summit: five years later
Access to land, agrarian reform and the right to food 		A/57/356
E
2001 Definition of the right to food
The right to food in armed conflict
Drinking water and the right to food
International trade and the right to food
Concrete steps for national legislation
Concrete steps for local food security 		A/56/210
E
 

Other relevant publications

The following publications of Dr. Christophe Golay are available online in English, French or Spanish:

Year
 Topic
2010
 Legal Opinion on the Right to Property from a Human Rights' Perspective (co-authored with Ioana Cismas), Montreal, Rights & Democracy.
2010
 The Food Crisis and Food Security: Towards a New World Food Order?, International Development Policy Series, Volume 1, pp. 215-232
2009
 The Right to Food and Access to Justice. Examples at the National, Regional and International Levels, Rome, FAO
2009
 The Right to Water, Geneva, CETIM
2009
 The Rights of Peasants, Geneva, CETIM
2009
 "Towards a Convention on the Rights of Peasants", in A. Paasch and S. Murphy (eds.), The Global Food Challenge. Towards a Human Rights Approach to Trade and Investment Policies, pp. 102-111.
2008
 The Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food, Geneva, CETIM
2008
 The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva, CETIM
2007
 The Right to Housing, Geneva, CETIM
2005
 The Right to Food, Geneva, CETIM


Selected publications of Claire Mahon, see for a full list.

- The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Genesis, Interpretation and Impact on International Enforcement and Domestic Implementation of Socio-Economic Rights, PhD thesis, forthcoming mid 2010. 
- The Fight for the Right to Food: Lessons Learned (co-authored with Jean Ziegler, Christophe Golay and Sally-Anne Way), London: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming spring 2010. 
- Realizing the Right to Health (co-edited with Andrew Clapham, Mary Robinson and Scott Jerbi), Zurich: Rüffer & Rubb, 2009.
- Oxford Handbook on the International Law of Armed Conflict (assistant editor, with editor Andrew Clapham), Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2011.
- “Mega-Events, Forced Evictions, and Community Action” (co-author with Kris Olds), in The Olympics, Mega-events and Civil Societies: Globalization, Environment, Resistance by Graeme Hayes and John Karamichas (eds), London: Palgrave, forthcoming 2010.
- “The Right to Food: Putting the Global Food Crisis in Context”, in The Global Food Crisis, Hugh Campbell and Chris Roisin (eds), forthcoming 2010.
- “Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Right to Health” in Realizing the Right to Health, Andrew Clapham, Mary Robinson, Claire Mahon and Scott Jerbi (eds), Zurich: Rüffer & Rubb, 2009.
- “International Justice for Victims of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Violations” in Globalisation and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Lisbon: CIDESC, 2006.
- “NGO perspectives on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Time to move from discussion to action” in The Spirit of Nantes: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for all citizens, Paris: Ministre des affaires étrangers, France, 2005.
- “Progress at the Front: The draft Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, Human Rights Law Review, Volume 8(4), Oxford University Press, October 2008.
- “Playing fair with housing rights during mega-events”, Human Rights Defender, Volume 16(3), University of NSW, 2007.


The following publications of Claire Mahon are available online in several languages:

Year
 Topic
2007
 Fair Play for Housing Rights: Megan-Events, the Olympic Games, and Housing Rights (primary author), Geneva, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
2007
 Multi-Stakeholder Guidelines on Mega Events and the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (author), Geneva, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
2007
 Hosting the 2012 Games: London's Olympic Preparations and Housing Rights Concerns, Geneva, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

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