Medidas frente a COVID-19 deben garantizar los DDHH y contribuir a la construcción del sistema alimentario resiliente y sustentable que tanto necesitamos

The document argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of a global food system where 820 million people suffered chronic hunger before the crisis. It calls on G20 governments to protect the rights and health of food producers and migrant workers, restrict financial speculation in agricultural futures to prevent price crises, and rebuild the food system to stop environmental degradation and climate crisis drivers. The authors advocate for a global political response coordinated by the UN Committee on World Food Security, grounded in international human rights instruments and the principle of food sovereignty.

• The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the extreme fragility of the global food system, noting that 820 million people experienced chronic hunger and 2 billion people suffered from food insecurity prior to the crisis. Half of the world's hungry population are food producers, peasants, and agricultural wage workers.
• The document asserts that the vulnerability of food producers is a result of the systematic denial of basic rights, including safe working conditions, access to potable water, sanitation, decent housing, the right to unionize, healthcare, and social security.
• To avoid a repeat of the 2008 food price crisis, the authors call for strict measures to stop financial speculation on food commodities, suggesting that G20 governments can restrict the trade of agricultural futures similarly to how they have restricted naked short selling or dividend payments.
• The current food system is described as a driver of environmental collapse, contributing to soil depletion, water pollution, biodiversity loss, the climate crisis, and the incubation of future pandemics due to its reliance on external inputs and long supply chains.
• The statement advocates for a global political response coordinated by the UN Committee on World Food Security, emphasizing food sovereignty and the application of international human rights instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants.

APA

Chandrasekaran, K., Conti, M., de Schutter, O., Dove, F., Gioia, P., Guttal, S., Hitchman, J., Longley, S., Monsalve, S., Pavanelli, R., Jonas, T., Prato, S., & Thomas, J. (2020). Medidas frente a COVID-19 deben garantizar los DDHH y contribuir a la construcción del sistema alimentario resiliente y sustentable que tanto necesitamos. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/medidas-frente-a-covid-19-deben-garantizar-los-ddhh-y-contribuir-a-la-construccion-del-sistema-alimentario-resiliente-y-sustentable-que-tanto-necesitamos/

Chicago

Chandrasekaran, Kirtana, Mauro Conti, Olivier de Schutter, Fiona Dove, Paula Gioia, Shalmali Guttal, Judith Hitchman, et al. Medidas frente a COVID-19 deben garantizar los DDHH y contribuir a la construcción del sistema alimentario resiliente y sustentable que tanto necesitamos. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/es/medidas-frente-a-covid-19-deben-garantizar-los-ddhh-y-contribuir-a-la-construccion-del-sistema-alimentario-resiliente-y-sustentable-que-tanto-necesitamos/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{chandrasekaran2020medidas, author = {Chandrasekaran, Kirtana and Conti, Mauro and de Schutter, Olivier and Dove, Fiona and Gioia, Paula and Guttal, Shalmali and Hitchman, Judith and Longley, Sue and Monsalve, Sofia and Pavanelli, Rosa and Jonas, Tammi and Prato, Stefano and Thomas, Jim}, title = {{Medidas frente a COVID-19 deben garantizar los DDHH y contribuir a la construcción del sistema alimentario resiliente y sustentable que tanto necesitamos}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = apr, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/medidas-frente-a-covid-19-deben-garantizar-los-ddhh-y-contribuir-a-la-construccion-del-sistema-alimentario-resiliente-y-sustentable-que-tanto-necesitamos/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }