Brief on the purpose of the seminar
This seminar will explore how the national reporting to the UN human rights monitoring bodies function in the context of the right to adequate food. It focuses on three perspectives: human rights treaty bodies (convention committees); national governments; and civil society through their “shadow reporting”.
Like the other human rights treaty monitoring bodies, the CESCR is tasked with the interpretation and monitoring of a specific human rights treaty, in this case the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Michael Windfuhr has recently commenced his third 4-year period as a member of the CESCR. Besides having an academic background in political science, he was one of the founders of FIAN (Food First Information and Action Network) in 1986, based in Germany.
Program
12:00-13:00 Lunch and networking
13:00-13:10 Introduction to KoMM/ConFoHR and its activities. Liv Elin Torheim, OsloMet/Nanna Lien, University of Oslo
13:10-13:15 Introduction of Michael Windfuhr. Sigrun Henjum, OsloMet
13.15-14.15 Lecture on how the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) works with human rights reporting, focusing on the rights to food and health. Q&A. Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights
14:15-14:35 Coffee break
14:35-14:55 The process of preparing a State report to the CESCR: the example of Norway. Simen Grinden, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Justice and Public Security
14:55-15:15 Reporting by civil society. The example of FIAN Norway. Mina Hennum Mohseni, lawyer and Member of FIAN Norway board
15:15 -15:45 Comments and discussion. Moderator: Hans Morten Haugen, VID Specialized University, Oslo
15:45-16:00 Summing up and closure.
16:00-17:00 Possibility for further discussion and networking (only for physical attendants)