The right to food is an essential cornerstone of resilient food systems. Especially in the face of the current geopolitical, security policy and climate-related challenges, these approaches are preferable to others. They create resilient structures by involving local people in decision-making, strengthening their individual rights such as access to water and land, thereby making a key contribution to sustainable and stabile food systems.

The United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) plays a central role in this respect with its "Guidelines on the Right to Food", which have now marked their 20th anniversary.
In spite of this progress, however, human rights approaches are under pressure around the world, with around 733 million people currently starving and approx. 2.8 billion people malnourished. This clearly shows that there is still a great deal to be done in terms of implementing and accepting the instruments, especially in view of the multiple crises.

At the 2025 “Policies against Hunger” Conference solutions in the field of five key issues to the realisation of the right to food shall be discussed and recommendations for action shall be derived.

More information on the content of the conference can be found in the background paper.