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Adequate food and nutrition are considered a priority Human Right by the United Nations Organisation (UNO). It is an enforceable and justiciable right, and hunger - the most serious expression of food insecurity - is the result of inequality in access to food. Considering the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights, the guarantee of the full exercise of civil and political rights, as well as a democratic environment, are considered fundamental aspects for the realisation of the Human Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition (HRtAFN). Charity, although a noble motivation, does not meet the need for the adequate and mandatory formulation of public policies on food security and nutrition. In this context, the Judicial System has a fundamental role to play in guaranteeing this right.

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Speakers:

Flávio Valente, physician, member of the Josué de Castro Network, associate researcher at the Department of Nutrition, UFPE, affiliated professor at the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Syracuse University, New York, USA

Elizabetta Recine, Professor and member of the Observatory of Public Policies on Food and Nutritional Security at UNB, member of the Organising Committee of the People's Conference on Food and Nutritional Sovereignty and Security, Former President of the National Council for Food and Nutritional Security

Míriam Balestro, Magistrate of the Public Ministry of Brazil, retired, member of the Brazilian Research Network on Sovereignty and Food and Nutritional Security, Director of Articulation of FIAN Brazil, member of the Alliance for Adequate and Healthy Food (Brazil) and post-doctoral fellow at CES-UC

Moderator: Westei Martins Conde, Magistrate of the Public Ministry of Pernambuco-Brazil in the area of Human Rights

Organisers: CES-UC, FIAN-Brazil, FIAN-Internacional, Alliance for Adequate and Healthy Food (Brazil) e European Research Institute-EURICONV