Michael Fakhri
Michael Fakhri | |
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| United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food | |
| Assumed office May 1, 2020 | |
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| Education | University of Western Ontario (BSc) Queen's University at Kingston (LLB) Harvard University (LLM) University of Toronto (SJD) |
Michael Fakhri (Canada, 1977) is a Lebanese-Canadian lawyer who specializes in human rights, food law and economic law.[1] He was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from May 2020 to April 2026. He is currently a professor of law at the University of Oregon and director of the Food Sovereignty Project.
Fakhri was appointed as Special Rapporteur by the UN on May 1, 2020.[2] The key responsibility is to study and make recommendations on “the right to food" and the adoption of efforts to ensure that all have sufficient food.[3]
Biography
Fakhri comes from a Lebanese family that immigrated to Canada.[4] He initially studied biology at the University of Western Ontario where, in 1998, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Ecology, then studied law. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2002. From 2005 to 2006, he completed a master's degree from Harvard Law School, and in 2011, he completed his studies by obtaining a Doctor of Juridical Sciences from the University of Toronto.[5]
References
- ↑ "Mr. Michael Fakhri". OHCHR. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Mr. Michael Fakhri Special Rapporteur on the right to food". United Nations Human Rights office of the high commissioner. United Nations. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ↑ "About the mandate". OHCHR. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ Christiane Grefe (2022-04-02). "Welthunger: "Das globale Handelssystem befriedigt nicht die Ernährungsbedürfnisse"" (in German). Die Zeit. ISSN 0044-2070.
- ↑ "Sr. Michael Fakhri: Relator Especial sobre el derecho a la alimentación" (in Spanish). 2024-04-23.