Building resilience: a human rights framework for world food and nutrition security

In the context of the food crisis related to the volatility of food prices, the UN Special Rapporteur evokes the choices that States must make to meet their national and international obligations in terms of the right to adequate food. De Schutter explains how the right to food can guide States towards policies that should benefit from high prices. However, he calls for continual monitoring of the international and national initiatives taken to stop the crisis.

Olivier de Schutter, UN Special rapporteur on the right to food - September 2008