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Guaranteeing the human right to food

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Parliamentary Assembly
Session
2024 - Fourth part-session

Summary

The Parliamentary Assembly's Resolution 2577 emphasizes the urgent need to guarantee the human right to food in Europe, highlighting the paradox of hunger existing alongside food abundance due to persistent inequalities. It identifies climate change, geopolitical tensions, and inadequate food systems as significant challenges to equitable access to healthy food. The Assembly advocates for a rights-based approach, urging member States to explicitly recognize the right to food in their constitutions, adopt national framework laws, and prioritize food security in their strategies. It calls for fairer food distribution systems, support for local production, and a shift from charitable food aid to ensuring autonomous access to sustainable food for all, while also promoting technological innovations in agriculture.

Voting results

44 in favor 0 against 1 abstention