FIAN SL

FIAN Sri Lanka

FIAN Sri Lanka envisions a world free from hunger and malnutrition, in which every person fully enjoys all human rights in dignity and self-determination, particularly the human right to adequate food and nutrition.

In pursuit of this vision, FIAN Sri lanka’s mission is to contribute throughout the world to implementing the provisions of the International Bill of Human Rights by working for the respect, protection and fulfillment – defined as facilitation, promotion and provision – of the human right to adequate food and nutrition of persons or groups threatened by or suffering from hunger and malnutrition.

Objective

FIAN Sri Lanka and its members aim to support the struggle for the full realization of all human rights, in particular the human right to adequate food and nutrition, including their universality, indivisibility and interdependency.

FIAN Sri Lanka advocates for the human right to adequate food and nutrition on the basis of the International Bill of Human Rights, in particular the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights (Article 11), its Optional Protocol, and General Comment No. 12 as adopted by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and other relevant human rights documents.

FIAN Sri Lanka fully promotes the work done towards the progressive evolution and interpretation of the human right to adequate food and nutrition, and strives to secure its realization for present and future generations while recognizing the importance of food sovereignty for the fulfillments of the human right to adequate food and nutrition.

Unique, Methods and Principles

FIAN Sri Lanka’s work is based on human rights principles, particularly non-discrimination, participation, transparency, accountability, empowerment, and human dignity.

FIAN Sri Lanka recognizes both the individual and collective character of human rights and their violations.

FIAN Sri Lanka works independently of governments, political parties, corporate interests, ideologies and religions.

FIAN Sri Lanka researches, analyzes and documents the facts of concrete cases of violations and abuses of the human right to adequate food and nutrition.

It promotes human rights education and raises awareness about the human right to adequate food and nutrition. FIAN Sri Lanka responds to requests from individuals and groups whose human right to adequate food and nutrition is threatened or has been violated.

FIAN Sri Lanka denounces and demands investigation and punishment of the actors responsible when informed of infringements of the physical and mental integrity of individuals, related to violations or defense of the human right to adequate food and nutrition.

FIAN Sri Lanka holds governments and other actors accountable for their human rights obligations and their responsibility to prevent and stop violations, and to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights for all.

This includes monitoring of public policies, advocacy and recourse to the law in close cooperation with people struggling for their human rights.

FIAN Sri Lanka contributes to the strengthening of existing and the development of new instruments for the protection and accountability of International human rights within the United Nations system and other legal regimes.

The aspiration of FIAN Sri Lanka members function undividedly universal and mutually as human right for adequate food and nutrition

  • FIAN Sri Lanka shall implement International Human rights bill composed of the Universal Declaration of Human rights declaration and including in United Nations

  • FIAN Sri Lanka shall implement InternatioUnited Nations Economic, Social and Cultural rights committee General Comment No. 12 according to these and other Human rights bills voicing and represent the based on human rights on adequacy of food and nutritionnal Human rights bill composed of the Universal Declaration of Human rights declaration and including in United Nations

  • FIAN Sri Lanka Stands to make them understanding the food and nutrition as a right for present and future generation also make understand the important of food sovereignty.