[EQ] Methodological Toolbox on the Right to Food

Methodological Toolbox on the Right to Food

Economic and Social Department
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2009

Website: http://www.fao.org/righttofood/publi_02_en.htm

 

The purpose of the Methodological Toolbox is to provide a practical aid for the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines.

It contains a series of analytical, educational and normative tools that offer guidance and hands-on advice on the practical aspects of the right to food. It covers a wide range of topics such as assessment, legislation, education, budgeting and monitoring. It emphasises the operational aspects of the right to food and contributes to strengthening in-country capacity to implement this right.

Download the pdf publications:

1. Guide on legislating for the right to food (4 MB)
2. Methods to monitor the human right to adequate food - Vol I (565 KB)
2. Methods to monitor the human right to adequate food - Vol II (1,2 MB)
3. Guide to conducting a right to food assessment (1.7 MB)
4. Right to food curriculum outline (2.3 MB)
5. Budget work to advance the right to food (3.9 MB)

 

 1. GUIDE ON LEGISLATING - FOR THE RIGHT TO FOOD

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and abbreviations

Introduction and purpose of this guide

PART ONE – Background: the right to food in international law

PART TWO – Constitutional recognition

PART THREE – Framework law

PART FOUR – Sectoral compatibility review

Conclusion

Annex.

Checklist for framework law on the right to food

References

 2. METHODS TO MONITOR THE HUMAN RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD - Vol I

Contents

 

1. Monitoring the human right to food – an overview

2. The meaning and application of rights-focused and rights-based monitoring

3. Putting rights-focused and rights-based monitoring of the right to adequate food into

4. Defining analytical and methodological agendas

5. Legal and institutional settings for monitoring the right to food

6. Getting started

Annex 1. Clarification of relevant and commonly used terms

Annex 2. What can be learned so far from country experiences?

 2. METHODS TO MONITOR THE HUMAN RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD - Vol II

Contents

1. Introduction

2. A Monitoring Framework for the Right to Adequate Food

3. Indicators to Measure the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food

4. Monitoring Implementation Processes through Rights Focused Assessments

5. Monitoring Impacts on the Realization of the Right to Adequate Food

6. Community Level Monitoring of the Right to Adequate Food

7. Assessing Existing Information Systems and Information Needs: Information Gap Analysis

8. Information Gathering Methods to Monitor the Right to Adequate Food

9. Sharing Monitoring Information on the Right to Adequate Food

Annex 1. Clarification of Relevant and Commonly Used Terms

Annex 2. Database Inventories

Annex 3. Dietary Assessment Methods

Annex 4. An Example: Rights-Focused Assessment and Monitoring of School Feeding Programmes

Annex 5. Maps as Presentational Tools in Monitoring the Human Right to Adequate Food

Annex 6. Preparing Monitoring Reports for International Human Rights Bodies

 

 3. GUIDE TO CONDUCTING - A RIGHT TO FOOD ASSESSMENT

Contents

 

1. Introduction

2. A human rights-based approach to food and nutrition security

3. Assessing trends and causes of food and nutrition insecurity

4. Assessing the environment for the right to adequate food

5. Relevant analytical methods

6. Final remarks

References

Annex 1: sources of assessment information

Annex 2. Indicators for the right to adequate food assessment

Annex 3. Vulnerable group profiling

Annex 4. General data on relevant programmes and other actions

Annex 5. Assessing institutional motivation, capacity and performance

 4. RIGHT TO FOOD - CURRICULUM OUTLINE

Contents

PART ONE – PREAMBLE

1. Introduction

2. The role of academic institutions

3. Notes for the users of the curriculum outline

4. Target learner groups

5. The structure of the curriculum outline and how to use the document

PART TWO – Thematic units

Thematic Unit A: Introduction to the Right to Adequate Food

Thematic Unit B: Role s an d Right to Adequate Food Tasks

Thematic Unit C: Assessing The Realization of the Right to Adequate Food

Thematic Unit D: Formulation, Implementation and Monitoring of National Laws, Policies and Programmes

Thematic Unit E: Public Budget Planning, Implementation and Monitoring

Thematic Unit F: Institution Building and Capacity Strengthening

Thematic Unit G: Human Rights Monitoring and International Reporting on Progress

Thematic Unit H: Public Information, Education and Advocacy

Thematic Unit I: Enforceability of, and Access to, Judicial, Quasi-judicial and Administrative Recourse Systems

Thematic Unit J: Policy Assistance and Advice by International Agencies

Thematic Unit K: Respect for and protection of human rights advocates, activists and workers

Thematic Unit L: Multilateral Negotiations on the Right to Adequate Food

PART THREE – Learning Paths

Annex 1. Task and learning content analysis

 5. BUDGET WORK TO ADVANCE - THE RIGHT TO FOOD

Contents

Introduction

PART ONE

1. Building a right to food case

2. Analyzing the government’s budget

3. Presenting a claim

PART TWO

4. Approaching a right to food budget

References

Annex 1. Governments’ international human rights obligations and the Right to Food Guidelines

Annex 2. Budget classifications, budget calculations and costing

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