Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments public keynote address

Hybrid event

The keynote address for the Side Event of the 2024 Food Governance Conference – co-hosted by the Legal Innovation on Food Environments (O’Neill Institute at Georgetown University), the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre (University of Sydney) and the George Institute for Global Health – will feature the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, who will be presenting on her recently published thematic report on food, nutrition and the right to health. While Dr. Mofokeng will unpack some of the conclusions of her report, she will be joined by in-person panelists from Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, who will discuss the importance of this report to their advocacy efforts at the national level.

These panelists include:

• Alejandro Calvillo, Director, El Poder del Consumidor
• Maisha Hutton, Executive Director, Healthy Caribbean Coalition
• Paula Johns, Executive Director, ACT Promoção de Saúde
• Carolina Piñeros, Executive Director, Red PaPaz
• Mikateko Mafuyeka, Senior Researcher, PRICELESS SA

This event is being held online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

Conference attendees are required to register for this event as part of their conference registration, there is no need to register again.

Wednesday 14 February 2024

Time: 6.30 pm – 8 pm

Venue: New Law Building Annex (F10A), Lecture Theatre 101, New Law Building Annex, University of Sydney, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

Find out about the Food Conference here.

This event is proudly co-presented by the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Health Law (The University of Sydney), the George Institute for Global Health and the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments.