CONSIDERING that Article 17 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) establishes the Pan-African Parliament to ensure the “full participation of the African people in the development and integration of the continent”;
NOTING that Article 3 of the Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP Protocol) and Rule 4 (a) of the Rules of Procedure of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) empower the PAP to facilitate regional cooperation, development and promotion of “collective self-reliance” as well as the “implementation of the policies, objectives and programmes” of the AU;
CONSIDERING further that Article 11 (3) of the PAP Protocol and Rules 4 and 5 of the PAP Rules of Procedure empower the PAP to work towards the harmonization or co-ordination of the laws of Member States;
RECOGNIZING that the majority of African States have accepted international and regional legal instruments with provisions relating to food and nutrition security (FNS), which require Member States to take legislative and other measures with a view to progressively achieve the full realization of the right to adequate food;
NOTING with appreciation the progress made by African countries in providing legal protection to the right to adequate food through constitutional provisions and legislation relating to FNS;
NOTING further the evidence that FNS policies and frameworks that are anchored in legislation are relatively more effective and foster sustainable improvement of FNS, and the need to address
