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...
In 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child will review the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the following countries: Estonia, Nauru, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Suriname. For more...
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...
Genève, le 24 mai 2016 – Les organisations de la société civile et les mouvements sociaux appellent les États membres de l’OMS à ne pas compromettre l’indépendance, l’intégrité et la crédibilité de l’OMS lors des négociations sur le Cadre...
By Lida Lhotska (IBFAN-GIFA) and Arun Gupta (BPNI/IBFAN Asia) Concerns surround the possible adoption of a new World Health Organization policy of engagement with non-state entities – which could mean big business – and potential conflicts of interest, Arun Gupta...
9 MAI 2016 | GENÈVE/NEW YORK – Un nouveau rapport de l’OMS, de l’UNICEF et du Réseau international d’action pour l’alimentation infantile (IBFAN) révèle l’état des lois nationales visant à protéger et à promouvoir l’allaitement maternel. Sur les 194...
IBFAN contributed to the development of a practical guide developed by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Child Rights International Network (CRIN) on how to use the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No 16 which focuses on State...
From 11 to 29 January 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 71st session and reviewed the implementation of the Convention in 14 countries (Benin, Brunei Darussalam, France, Haiti, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Latvia,...
Following IBFAN-GIFA’s joint advocacy with other public interest NGOs and social movements, the Committee on the Elimination of all Discrimination against Women has released its new General Recommendation No 34 on Rural Women which, among other recommendations, urges countries to take specific measures...
Déclaration de la société civile – Genève, 25 avril 2016 L’indépendance, l’intégrité et la crédibilité de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) ainsi que sa capacité à remplir son mandat constitutionnel seraient compromises si les États membres ne mettaient...
Speech given by IBFAN-GIFA to the Nestlé General Assembly 7th April 2016 Ladies and gentlemen, members of the board, Mr. President, good afternoon. My name is Rebecca Norton. I am trained in public health and specialized in breastfeeding. I...
IBFAN developed a slideshow to help breastfeeding advocates from around the world understanding conflicts of interest to safeguard democratic & evidence-based health and nutrition governance. This slideshow was part a capacity building workshop led by IBFAN in December 2015 in...
A Nestlé Beba Pro 2 video clip found on a Swiss internet broadcast site aimed at Frenchspeaking consumers promotes the product as containing « Protect-plus » formulation to reinforce babies immune system. The ad begins with several babies crying and a...
The book ‘Gender, Nutrition and the Right to Adequate Food; Toward an inclusive framework’, in which Lida Lhotska from IBFAN-GIFA contributed, was published in January 2016. It introduces the human right to adequate food and nutrition as evolving concept and...
Le rapport Right to Food and Nutrition Watch a été publié en octobre 2015. Plusieurs membres d’IBFAN, à savoir Patti Rundall, Lida Lhotska, Marcos Arana et Xaviera Cabada, y ont contribué. Dans son article intitulé The ‘Business of Malnutrition’...
In an article recently published on the Global Policy Watch blog, Barbara Adams from Global Policy Forum highlights that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), endorsed in September 2015 by Member States, have been renamed “Global Goals” and copyrighted as such...
On November 23, IBFAN-GIFA took part in a panel discussion organized by the Right Livelihood Award Foundation on the issue of Working towards an enabling environment for the promotion and protection of the rights to water, land and food – Linking...
On behalf of IBFAN, Mike Brady, Campaigns Coordinator at Baby Milk Action/IBFAN UK, took part in a panel discussion on Challenges and Opportunities of a Treaty Addressing Corporate Abuses of Human Rights on November 18, 2015. This event was jointly organized...
Infants and young children are the first victims of pollution and climate change. Even the healthy development of the foetus during intrauterine life can be compromised by environmental degradation and global warming. Optimal breastfeeding practices are crucial as they constitute...
Le samedi 19 et le dimanche 20 septembre 2015, IBFAN-GIFA a participé à Alternatiba, le Festival Transfrontalier des Initiatives Locales pour le Climat et le Bien Vivre Ensemble, à Genève. Nous avons partagé un stand de 100 m2 intitulé « Autour de la naissance » avec la Fédération Suisse des...
La Suisse doit intensifier ses efforts visant à protéger, promouvoir et soutenir l’allaitement maternel, selon le Comité des Droits de l’Enfant de l’ONU. A l’occasion de la célébration de la Semaine Mondiale de l’Allaitement Maternel à Genève et d’Alternatiba...
What are dilemmas on Breastfeeding and Conflicts of Interest that paediatricians face in their daily reality? How can members use the ISSOP Position statement on Sponsorship of paediatricians and paediatric societies by Baby Feeding Industry and make sure it...
Le Comité de l’ONU relatif aux Droits de l’Enfant recommande à la Suisse de veiller à ce que les recommandations nationales concernant l’allaitement maternel soient conformes aux recommandations de l’OMS
Geneva, July 10 — The first session of the historic United Nations negotiations towards a treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with regards to human rights concluded today, following five days of inspiring talks on the...
At its 26th session, on 26 June 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 26/9 by which it decided “to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, whose...
In June 2014, the Human Rights Council heard the demand of a group of civil society organizations, the Treaty Alliance, to develop a new treaty to stop corporate human rights abuses. See http://breastfeedingandhr.blogspot.ch/2014/06/treaty-alliance-press-release-june-27.html In July 2015, countries will begin to negotiate...
En juin 2014, le Conseil des Droits de l’Homme a entendu la demande d’un groupe d’organisations de la société civile, appelé la Treaty Alliance, l’enjoignant à développer un nouveau traité afin de mettre un terme aux abus des multinationales en matière de droits humains. Voir http://breastfeedingandhr.blogspot.ch/2014/06/treaty-alliance-press-release-june-27.html...
Le 22 mai 2015 Lors de la toute prochaine Assemblée mondiale de la santé (AMS), deux délibérations primordiales sont susceptibles d’influencer fondamentalement l’avenir de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS). L’Assemblée étudiera la dernière mouture du « cadre d’engagement...
Le 16 avril 2015, lors de la dernière Assemblée générale de Nestlé, l’Association Genevoise pour l’Alimentation Infantile (IBFAN-GIFA) a évoqué le lancement du film TIGERS, basé sur l’histoire vraie d’un ancien représentant commercial en charge de la promotion des...
Le 27 février 2015, lors du Festival et Forum International du Film sur les Droits Humains (FIFDH), le film Tigers a été projeté dans le cadre d’une soirée-débat intitulée ‘Nestlé au Pakistan : Le Scandale du lait infantile’. Le film de...
