Summary

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, focuses on food, nutrition and the right to health. She analyses access to food and nutrition and related clinical and health outcomes, and their reflection of power asymmetries, policy and regulatory frameworks.
Using the frameworks of intersectionality, anti-coloniality and anti-racism, as well as existing international human rights laws and standards, the Special Rapporteur examines how the lack of access to safe and nutritious food has an impact on growth, development and quality of life across the life cycle. She also identifies how increased consumption of unhealthy foods and beverages has driven the burden of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, she focuses on good practices in different parts of the world and encourages a comprehensive approach to the triad of food security, nutrition and the right to health.