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Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee on NutritionWorking Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights - 8th SessionMain Auditorium, IIT, Chennai, Thursday 6 March 2003, 0900-1200 hours Chair: Urban Jonsson (UNICEF), Rapporteurs: Wenche Barth Eide and Uwe Kracht (WANAHR)
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Thursday 6 March |
0900-0915 | Major developments since this
Working Group’s 7th session in 2001 Reports by Urban Jonsson and Uwe Kracht |
| 0915-0955 | The right to adequate food in India:
the roles of the Supreme Court and the National Human Rights Commission Presentation by Amrita Rangasami*, Centre for the Study of Administration of Relief (CSAR) (15 minutes) Commentary by Aparna Bhatt*, People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) (10 minutes) Discussion (15 minutes) |
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| 0955-1035 | Voluntary guidelines on the right
to food: the contribution of the SCN to the intergovernmental process Report by a Task Force (10 minutes) Discussion of an SCN statement to the first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (30 minutes) |
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| 1035-1115 | Human rights-based programming for
improved nutrition Urban Jonsson (15 minutes) Discussion (25 minutes) |
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| 1115-1140 | Ethical issues in large-scale
nutrition projects—field study results from Bangladesh, Uganda and Ethiopia Anna Taylor, Save the Children/UK (15 minutes) Discussion (10 minutes) |
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| 1140- 1200 | Chair’s Synthesis and discussion of next steps and work priorities |
* To be confirmed
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