Submission: SAHRC National Inquiry into the Right to Food

27 February 2026

The Just Transition in the Food System Group submission to the South African Human Rights Commission’s National Inquiry into the Right to Food.

The 86-page submission draws on inputs from organisations across our networks and broader constituencies, setting out concrete proposals to address the food crisis and advance the constitutional right to food.

The submission addresses:

• Child hunger and malnutrition
• Land access and tenure security
• Corporate concentration in the food chain
• Climate change and food system resilience
• Gendered dimensions of food insecurity
• The need for a Right-to-Food Framework Act