Michael Fakhri

A vibrant, colorful poster for the Forum of Peoples and Social Movements: United for Land, Water, Territories, and Dignity (ICARRD+20) taking place on February 22-23, 2026, in Cartagena, Colombia. The design features illustrations of diverse people, symbols of nature, and themes of agrarian reform and food sovereignty, emphasizing the message of defending life, building food sovereignty, and collectively calling for peoples' control over land, water, and territories.

🌍✊🏾 Exciting news! Hundreds of delegates from peasants, Indigenous peoples, and rural workers will unite in Cartagena, Colombia, for the Forum of Peoples and Social Movements: United for Land, Water, Territories, and Dignity on Feb 22-23. Together, we’ll […]

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In 7 days time the second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, #ICARRD+20, takes place in Cartagena. 100 countries will be there. Yet the @fao.org makes no mention of it on their website. That's because the DG didn't want it

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Children expected to die of hunger in Darfur ‘within days’, says UN Sudan chief UN's humanitarian coordinator Denise Brown warns of 'horrendous' conditions 1,000 days into the brutal war

Children expected to die of hunger in Darfur ‘within days’, says UN Sudan chief - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/darfur-children-expected-die-hunger-within-days-says-un-top-sudan-official

Event Poster for the HRLC's Annual Human Rights Lecture with Professor Michael Fakhri (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food).

We are delighted to announce that for our 2026 Annual Lecture we will be joined by @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

Join us for his talk on 'The Right to Food & the Global Order'.

🗓️ 27 Jan 17:30 GMT
📌 Nottingham & Online
🔗 hrlc-right-to-food.eventbrite.co.uk

⚠️🇵🇸👨🏽‍🌾 ALERT! @via_campesina La Via Campesina strongly condemns attacks against its member organisation in Palestine and denounces the arbitrary arrests 📲 https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/12/alert-la-via-campesina-strongly-condemns-attacks-against-its-member-organisation-in-palestine-and-denounces-the-arbitrary-arrests

⚠️🇵🇸👨🏽‍🌾 ALERT! #LaViaCampesina strongly condemns attacks against its member organisation in Palestine & denounces the arbitrary arrests
📲 viacampesina.org/en/2025/12/a...

@fidh-official.bsky.social @michaelfakhri.bsky.social @un-spexperts.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social @alexisdeswaef.bsky.social

This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) with chapters exploring different facets of TWAIL scholarship. It covers major doctrines and topics of international law, as well as TWAIL perspectives on central historical and theoretical debates. Expert authors present key insights into various themes that intersect with international law including economics, post-colonialism, religion, development, treaties, and human rights. The Research Handbook underscores the cornerstone concepts of TWAIL and examines their relationship with intellectual traditions such as Marxism and feminism. Contributing authors outline TWAIL’s perspectives on core areas of international law such as customary international law, treaties and human rights, as well as important contemporary issues, including debt, climate change, and public health. Ultimately, the Research Handbook showcases an expanded and enriched vision of international law, assessing how alternate methodologies can lead to a fairer legal system.

Research Handbook on 3rd World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)
[Eds] Antony Anghie, B.S Chimni, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social hri.bsky.social, Karin Mickelson & Vasuki Nesiah
Contribs: @azizaahmed.bsky.social @seanmacr.bsky.social @leslava.bsky.social

Read the Intro: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

🚨FIAN welcomes #CFS endorsement of 2nd International Conference on Agrarian Reform & Rural Development #ICARRD+20

📢 We join #CSIPM defending #FoodSovereignty @ #CFS53 🌱 & call for meaningful progress on agrarian reform.

“Redistributing land is Redistributing Power”: @michaelfakhri.bsky.social

16.10 #WorldFoodDay
@droi.europarl.europa.eu held a discussion on the Right to Food with UN Special Rapporteur @michaelfakhri.bsky.social who insisted that 'hunger is always a political problem" as we produce enough food to feed 1.5 times the world population.

📽️ Debate: tinyurl.com/2vcy239u

En el Día Mundial de la Alimentación WG de Campesinos y Relator de Alimentación @michaelfakhri instan a que se imponga una responsabilidad vinculante a las empresas agrícolas para salvaguardar los derechos de los campesinos y seguridad alimentaria mundial www.ohchr.org/es/pre...

On World Food Day, the Peasant Working Group and the Special Rapporteur on Food @michaelfakhri urge that binding responsibility be imposed on agricultural companies to safeguard the rights of peasants and global food security. www.ohchr.org/en/pre...

🚨 Over 700 million people hungry. 2 billion in food insecurity

🌐 UN Special Rapporteur @michaelfakhri.bsky.social presents report to #UNGA today on global food system designed to maximize corporate profits.

📢 Time for governments to act.

#FoodSovereignty #WorldFoodDay

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Looking forward to speaking at this online event tomorrow on corporate power in agrifood systems - info below⤵️

A/80/213: Corporate power and human rights in food systems - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri Corporate power in food systems is highly concentrated, allowing a relatively small group of people to shape food systems in a way that serves the ultimate goal of profit maximization instead of the p...

New report to the UN General Assembly by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social: "Corporate power and human rights in food systems"
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri. Source: https://unwatch.org/legal-analysis-of-un-food-rapporteur-michael-fakhris-2024-report-to-un-general-assembly/

Must-read: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food @michaelfakhri.bsky.social calls out key companies driving corporate concentration in the food system and demands accountability for rights violations. digitallibrary.un.org/record/40872... @fian-international.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social

AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.

AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns.

@uauoregon.bsky.social

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Quote card which reads: "Corporate concentration in multiple aspects of food systems is part of the problem driving inequitable outcomes, and representatives of many of these corporations were active at the Summit."

Did last month's #UNFSS conference focus too much on investment for food, and not enough on rights and accountability?

Read our co-Director Jody Harris's take on the discussions @justjody23.bsky.social

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By me: ‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who first warned of starvation in Gaza in early 2024
@michaelfakhri.bsky.social, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

New from @michaelfakhri.bsky.social
‘Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’

The deliberate starvation of Gaza was predicted 18 months ago by the top UN expert on the right to food. This is not unexpected, our political leaders knew this what they were backing
@michaelfakhri.bsky.social
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Our political leaders cannot say they didn't know - @michaelfakhri.bsky.social first warned that Israel was orchestrating the deliberate starvation of Palestinians in January 2024 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

"What we're seeing now is the most horrific stage of Israels starvation campaign... Israel has been using aid as a way to bait civilians & has been killing civilians who have been seeking aid..."

Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food

At a time when the world is unmoved in the face of the mass #starvation of #children in real time, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social's report on 'Starvation and the right to food, with an emphasis on the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty' has never been more relevant docs.un.org/en/A/79/171

The Security Council failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire on Wednesday because of one veto. It is time for the UN General Assembly to do the right thing and authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.

Kudos to Ben Iuliano, Adam Calo, Maywa Montenegro de Wit and Adam Calo from the Agroecology Research-Action Collective for ending the Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” in Spectre spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...

Naming the Elephants in the Room: Addressing Corporate and Geopolitical Power in Food Systems Transformation - CSIPM Join us for a webinar that will explore how corporate capture and geopolitical power shape food policies and global food governance.

Excited to participate in this upcoming webinar on corporate and geopolitical power in food systems co-hosted by the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSIPM) & @ipes-food.org - alongside @michaelfakhri.bsky.social & @ksjomo.bsky.social

July 25, 2-25; 8am Rome Time.
More info:

Time to Stop Israel Blockade of Gaza and End Impunity The deliberate starvation of Palestinians by Israel has turned Gaza into the hungriest place on Earth. FIAN calls on all states and international institutions to take all necessary steps to ensure tha...

Time to stop Israel's blockade of #Gaza and deliberate starvation of Palestinians

Read more here: www.fian.org/en/press-rel...

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The Security Council failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire on Wednesday because of one veto. It is time for the UN General Assembly to do the right thing and authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.

As the Madleen approaches Gaza, all countries are responsible to ensure it has safe passage to end starvation and famine in Gaza. @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Gaza: UN experts demand safe passage for Freedom Flotilla Coalition GENEVA – UN experts* today called for safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to Gaza which departed from Italy on 1 June 2025.“A...

As the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social‬ ship makes its way to Gaza with humanitarian aid, UN human rights experts demand Israel ensure it's safe passage. Civilians are doing what governments are failing to do - enforcing international law by delivering humanitarian aid.

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