Michael Fakhri

Looking forward to speaking at this online event tomorrow on corporate power in agrifood systems - info below⤵️

A/80/213: Corporate power and human rights in food systems - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri Corporate power in food systems is highly concentrated, allowing a relatively small group of people to shape food systems in a way that serves the ultimate goal of profit maximization instead of the p...

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 Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.

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...

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’

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

The Security Council failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire on Wednesday because of one veto. It is time for the UN General Assembly to do the right thing and authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.

Kudos to Ben Iuliano, Adam Calo, Maywa Montenegro de Wit and Adam Calo from the Agroecology Research-Action Collective for ending the Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” in Spectre spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...

Naming the Elephants in the Room: Addressing Corporate and Geopolitical Power in Food Systems Transformation - CSIPM Join us for a webinar that will explore how corporate capture and geopolitical power shape food policies and global food governance.

Excited to participate in this upcoming webinar on corporate and geopolitical power in food systems co-hosted by the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSIPM) & @ipes-food.org - alongside @michaelfakhri.bsky.social & @ksjomo.bsky.social

July 25, 2-25; 8am Rome Time.
More info:

Time to Stop Israel Blockade of Gaza and End Impunity The deliberate starvation of Palestinians by Israel has turned Gaza into the hungriest place on Earth. FIAN calls on all states and international institutions to take all necessary steps to ensure tha...

Time to stop Israel's blockade of #Gaza and deliberate starvation of Palestinians

Read more here: www.fian.org/en/press-rel...

@michaelfakhri.bsky.social @viacampesinabe.bsky.social

The Security Council failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire on Wednesday because of one veto. It is time for the UN General Assembly to do the right thing and authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.

As the Madleen approaches Gaza, all countries are responsible to ensure it has safe passage to end starvation and famine in Gaza. @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Gaza: UN experts demand safe passage for Freedom Flotilla Coalition GENEVA – UN experts* today called for safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to Gaza which departed from Italy on 1 June 2025.“A...

As the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social‬ ship makes its way to Gaza with humanitarian aid, UN human rights experts demand Israel ensure it's safe passage. Civilians are doing what governments are failing to do - enforcing international law by delivering humanitarian aid.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Special Rapporteur: UN Can Act where Security Council Fails on Gaza Ceasefire UN Special Rapporteur, Michael Fakhri, is reportedly not surprised that the United States vetoed a Gaza ceasefire resolution.

Special Rapporteur: UN Can Act where Security Council Fails on Gaza Ceasefire

@michaelfakhri.bsky.social

Should likely involve the General Assembly using
#UnitingForPeace

www.palestinechronicle.com/special-rapp...

Gaza: UN experts demand safe passage for Freedom Flotilla Coalition GENEVA – UN experts* today called for safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to Gaza which departed from Italy on 1 June 2025.“A...

As the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social‬ ship makes its way to Gaza with humanitarian aid, UN human rights experts demand Israel ensure it's safe passage. Civilians are doing what governments are failing to do - enforcing international law by delivering humanitarian aid.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

🌐 UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW! International community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility. 👉https://uawc-pal.org/unified-call-to-confront-famine-in-gaza-launch-the-diplomatic-humanitarian-convoy-now

🌐 UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW! International community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility.
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If aid doesn’t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in | Michael Fakhri As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act now

My newest piece on how to end starvation and famine in Gaza. The UN General Assembly must authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...

Sudan faces worsening humanitarian catastrophe as famine and conflict escalate: UN experts GENEVA – As the conflict in Sudan reaches the two-year mark, UN human rights experts raised alarm that widespread starvation and a distressing surge in acute malnutrition are unfolding.“Sudan is exper...

Two years into the war, civilians in Sudan continue to experience the most extreme hunger crisis globally. Both sides in the civil war are using starvation tactics.

8.6 million people internally displaced and nearly 4 million forced to flee across borders.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

🇸🇩 April 15 will mark two years since the war in Sudan began between the RSF and SAF, leaving civilians caught in the middle. Too many people are looking the other way.

Join @timep.bsky.social next week for an event on what you should know about the war and what civilians are doing to end it.

Long silenced, gig workers in Indonesia are organising and fighting for their rights Rather than accepting ever-decreasing pay and constant precarity, Indonesia is also where one can find some of the most innovative and best-organised gig worker associations and labour unions in the w...

Indonesian #PlatformWorkers are uniting to demand fair pay and rights! ✊🇮🇩

After years of silence, they're organizing for better working conditions.🤝

📖Read the full story : www.ituc-csi.org/long-silence...

🧐Find out more about our campaigns: www.ituc-csi.org/time-to-deli...

In the context of mounting public debt, the latest report of of UN SR @michaelfakhri.bsky.social offers advice to states on reshaping their food systems to enhance crisis resilience. It also examines various proposals for restructuring national budgets and generating additional funds.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, published his report, “The right to food, finance and national action plans,” to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2025.

digitallibrary.un.org/record/40732...

#HumanRights #FoodSecurity #EconomicReform

Sudan's RSF massacres 433 people as it forms parallel ‘peace government’ Paramilitary group carries out brutal attack on civilians in White Nile state, while Hemeti’s brother arrives in Nairobi to launch rival administration

Sudan's RSF massacres 433 people as it forms parallel ‘peace government’ - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/rsf-massacres-people-it-forms-parallel-peace-government

Only politics can end world hunger - IPES-Food "Hunger persists because we allow injustice to endure. Food isn’t scarce but many people can’t access it.” To give people access to food, we must confront power & inequality.

Hunger and food insecurity is political

Excellent work by @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social and @ipes-food.org

ipes-food.org/only-politic...