WUNRN
UN Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee
The UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, composed of
18 experts, has been established to function as a think-tank for the Council
and work at its direction. The role of the Advisory Committee is
to provide thematic expertise in the manner and form requested by the Council,
focusing mainly on studies and research-based advice.
The
Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee in its resolution 16/27
of 25 March 2011 to undertake a comprehensive study on the right to food of
rural women, including patterns of discrimination, strategies and policies for
their legal protection and best practices, with a special focus on
female-headed households and temporary or seasonal workers. The mandate comes
as a follow-up to the Study on discrimination in the context of the right to
food (A/HRC/16/40), where rural women have been identified as a group suffering
from discrimination.
Study on Rural Women and the Right to Food (A/HRC/AC/9/5)
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