Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security INTERCONECTIONS AND RECIPROCITY BETWEEN THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND LAND TENURE RIGHTS

ABSTRACT

Once the Guidelines on Tenure Governance are approved, CSOs must energically monitor States' actions to

respect, protect and fulfill tenure rights, through strong, independent, participatory and transparent monitoring

mechanisms, which ensure that the principles established in the Guidelines on Tenure Governance are being

effectively taken into consideration.

Adoption and implementation of the Guidelines on Tenure Governance can be enriched by the lessons learned

from the Voluntary Guidelines on the Progressive Realization of the Right to Food adopted by FAO in 2004.

In order to illustrate the concerns regarding incorporation of human rights language, obligations and principles

of good governance in the Guidelines on Tenure Governance, this working document proposes a crossing of

PANTHER principles and the Guidelines on Tenure Governance's principles for implementation.

This working document explores the interconnections between the Right to Food and Tenure Rights, providing

learning examples and summarizing main questions to each one of the Implementation Principles of the

Guidelines on Tenure Governance.