Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael FakhriUN Human Rights Council | February 2026
UN Human Rights Council
Sixty-first session
23 February–2 April 2026
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Land and the right to food
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri
Summary
In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 58/10, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, discusses how land and water are the basis of life. He notes that treating land like a commodity and a resource is one of the most destructive global practices and a major cause of hunger and starvation. He outlines the problems of the immense concentration of land in the hands of corporate actors. He also outlines important legal tools to counteract this destructive force, such as the Convention to Combat Desertification, tenure rights, and the right to land and territory.