The right to food, violence, and food systems - 8th Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture - Michael Fakhri

The 8th Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture titled ‘The right to food, violence, and food systems’ was delivered by Michael Fakhri, UN Rapporteur on Food, in the Academy Hall, Peace Palace, The Hague. During the lecture, he examined forms of violence in food systems, to allow for a better understanding of how food systems operate and to reframe how the right to food is addressed in international law.
Michael Fakhri explained that violence and armed conflict are the main causes of hunger and famine, and they lead to more food insecurity. He outlined a way out, drawing on his work as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and his report to the Human Rights Council. He described how food systems not only produce food but also amplify and produce forms of violence that make people more poor, vulnerable, and marginalised. He also talked about how food systems rely on a global economy of dependency and extractivism, which causes widespread human rights violations. Michael Fakhri addressed the war in Ukraine to highlight how international markets amplify rather than abate violence, creating global shocks from a regional war.
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