Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

A/HRC/RES/49/13View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2022–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/58/10

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/10	Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food	606	84%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/13	Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food	522	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Right to Food Special Rapporteurs

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food in the matters related to the mandate;

Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur for a period of three years to enable the mandate holder to continue to work in accordance with the mandate established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 6/2 of 27 September 2007;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide all the human and financial resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur;

Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur by supplying all necessary information requested by the mandate holder, and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable more effective fulfilment of the mandate;

Invites Governments, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, treaty bodies, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of the mandate through, inter alia, the submission of comments and suggestions on ways and means of realizing the right to food;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to report annually on the implementation of the mandate to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in accordance with their programmes of work;

Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item in accordance with its programme of work.

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