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Michael Fakhri
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
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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...
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.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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🚨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
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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
Subcommittee on Human Rights Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre
The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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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...
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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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...
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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🚨 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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October 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Looking forward to speaking at this online event tomorrow on corporate power in agrifood systems - info below⤵️
jennifer-clapp.bsky.social Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · Sep 13
I'm honoured by the invitation from the FAO Right to Food team to present in this upcoming webinar on Unpacking Corporate Power in Agrifood Systems - with insights from my new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture. Sept 24 - 14:00-15:30CET

Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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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"
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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...
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September 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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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
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/
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns.

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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.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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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

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/acc...
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."
August 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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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...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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‘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...
August 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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
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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’
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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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...
July 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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"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
July 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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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
July 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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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.
June 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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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...
July 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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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:
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.
www.csm4cfs.org
July 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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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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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...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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.
June 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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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
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UN experts call for safe passage for the #FreedomFlotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to #Gaza:

"Over 600 days into #Israel’s starvation campaign against Palestinians, the situation is at its most horrific."

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
June 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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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.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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...
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June 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Special Rapporteur: UN Can Act where Security Council Fails on Gaza Ceasefire

@michaelfakhri.bsky.social

Should likely involve the General Assembly using
#UnitingForPeace

www.palestinechronicle.com/special-rapp...
Special Rapporteur: UN Can Act where Security Council Fails on Gaza Ceasefire
UN Special Rapporteur, Michael Fakhri, is reportedly not surprised that the United States vetoed a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
www.palestinechronicle.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM