A/HRC/22/50/Add.1
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 December 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-second session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food,
Olivier De Schutter
Addendum
Mission to Canada*
Summary
The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 13/4,
contains the findings and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food
on his country visit to Canada from 6 to 16 May 2012. The report first examines the state of
food security in Canada (chap. II) and the legal and policy framework for the realization of
the right to adequate food (chap. III). It then outlines specific issues related to agricultural
policies (chap. IV); protection of the poorest segments of the population (chap. V); access
to adequate diets and the growing incidence of overweight and obesity (chap. VI);
Canada’s contribution to global food security (chap. VII); and specific problems faced by
indigenous peoples (chap. VIII).
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GE.12-18956
The summary of the present report is circulated in all official languages. The report itself,
contained in the annex to the summary, is circulated in the language of submission and in
French only.