one is not meant to have favourites, but this is definitely up there: a CTTB episode with @azohra.bsky.social and @nasiahadjigeorgiou.bsky.social on foreign military bases, international law and imperialism. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
This has been a LONG time in works: my paper on how dollar hegemony is a form of international law-making power. It includes a long methodological/theoretical section on why strong versions of the 'law constitutes political economy' aren't convincing papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Al menos 700.000 personas, cerca del 12% de la población de #Líbano, han tenido que huir de sus casas en apenas unos días. Para muchos, no es el primer desplazamiento. Los servicios básicos están al límite y miles de familias han dormido en la calle.
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
🇱🇧 Around 12% of the population of #Lebanon has been forced to flee their homes in just a few days. For many, it’s not the first time. Essential services are being pushed to the brink & families are struggling to support their loved ones.
🔗 Our full statement: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
🌱Land is the foundation of food sovereignty
📍Human Rights Council, dialogue on the right to food:
@michaelfakhri.bsky.social called on states to confront corporate control over land and food systems: “We don’t need corporations to feed us. We need peasants, women, fishers, and Indigenous Peoples”
In response to questions, the UN SR on #RightToFood @michaelfakhri.bsky.social highlighted importance of addressing corporate accountability: the same actors that caused climate change are the same actors that have all the ownership of the land.
We need to hold corporations accountable.
In his last interactive dialogue at #HRC61, UN Special Rapporteur @michaelfakhri.bsky.social strongly urges States:
"Work with your people. Take human rights seriously. Take land defenders seriously. Give people the right to land, and they will protect their land."
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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My pleasure! Glad you caught it
Children expected to die of hunger in Darfur ‘within days’, says UN Sudan chief - www.middleeasteye.net/news/darfur-children-exp...
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⤵️
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...
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 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
www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/acc...
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...
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
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
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
