This submission by CIDSE, Friends of the Earth Europe, Brot für die Welt, SOMO and IBFAN-GIFA focuses on three core elements of a future treaty: 1. Adequate access to remedy 2. Effective enforcement mechanisms 3. The Treaty and the...
Des lauréats de la Right Livelihood Foundation seront présents en Europe. La conférence comprendra deux éléments : une discussion interne entre les lauréats (les 29 et 30 octobre et le 1er novembre) et un certain nombre d’événements thématiques publics...
In August 2016, the Special Rapporteur on the right fo food, Ms Hilal Elver, presented her annual report to the General Assembly. The International Baby Food Action Network welcomes this comprehensive report which addresses the major underlying factors affecting nutrition, including...
(picture: UNICEF) On 23 September 2016, on behalf of IBFAN, IBFAN-GIFA took part in the 2016 Day of General Discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child which topic was Children’s Rights and the Environment. Read IBFAN-GIFA...
On 15 and 16 September 2016, the Committee of the Rights of the Child reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in New Zealand. On this occasion, IBFAN submitted a short report highlighting the main...
Genève, septembre 2016 Cette année, le thème international choisi pour la semaine mondiale de l’allaitement est « L’allaitement maternel, une clef pour le développement durable ». En effet, les recherches récentes prouvent qu’allaiter constitue un véritable geste éco-bio-logique.
Infants and young children are the first victims of pollution and climate change. The negative impacts of pollution and climate change affect all people, but especially the world’s most vulnerable population: newborns, infants and young children, whose immune and...
The 72nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) took place in Geneva from 17 May to 3 June 2016. The Committee reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights...
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) in partnership with the Department of Health, Government of Republic of South Africa, proudly hosts the Second World Breastfeeding Conference (WBC) 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Conference will call for committed action and...
The term biofortification or agrofortification are terms that obscure and hide the means by which the food is altered. A more precise definition would state that the food is genetically altered by means of a technological industrial process.The fact...
