Food First Information and Action Network 
FIAN International, the Food First Information and Action Network, is the international human rights organization that advocates for the realization of the right to food. FIAN International consists of national sections and individual members in over 60 countries around the world. FIAN is a non-partisan not-for-profit organization and has consultative status to the United Nations

Impact on poverty and Employment
 

FIAN analyzes and documents concrete cases of violations of the right to food. We raise awareness on the right to food among social movements, non-governmental organisations and governments. We respond to requests from victim groups whose right to food is threatened or has been violated and mobilise support. Through protest letter campaigns, advocacy and recourse to the law, we exert public pressure in order to hold governments accountable for violations of the right to food that they have committed. We follow up on cases until the victims get appropriate redress. Within the United Nations system and other legal regimes, we advocate for respect of human rights in order to strengthen and improve the system of human rights protection.

FIAN exposes violations of people's right to food wherever they may occur. We stand up against unjust and discriminatory practices that prevent people from feeding themselves. The struggle against gender discrimination and other forms of exclusion is integral part of our mission. We strive to secure people's access to the resources that they need in order to feed themselves, now and in the future

We envision a world free from hunger, in which every woman, man and child can fully enjoy their human rights in dignity, particularly the right to adequate food, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instrument

 

 
Contact
Address:
FIAN International e.V.
Willy-Brandt-Platz 5
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
 
Phone:
49 6221 65300 30
   

Tel/Fax:
49 6221 830 545

   
Email:
fian@fian.org