Submission: SAHRC National Inquiry into the Right to Food

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...
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Submission: UNDROP Working Group report on the Right to Seeds

19 February 2026 Biowatch South Africa’s submission in response to a call from the UN Working Group on UNDROP to inform their thematic report on the right to seeds, which will be presented to the HRC in October 2026. See https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2026/right-seeds
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Submission on the functioning of the MLS under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources

26 September 2025 Biowatch South Africa submission in relation to the draft package of measures developed by the Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System (MLS) under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) – the Plant Treaty.
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Policy Submission: Implementation of UNDROP

16 October 2024 Biowatch South Africa submission on the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
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Policy Submission: Draft National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Bill, 2024

25 July 2024 Biowatch South Africa comments on the Draft National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Bill, 2024
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Policy Submission: Guidance concerning smallholder farmers – private and non-commercial definition in UPOV

16 May 2024 Biowatch South Africa comments on the guidance concerning smallholder farmers in relation to the definition of private and non-commercial purposes in the UPOV 1991 Convention
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Policy Submission: Concept Note on Food Systems Transformation and the NFSCC

19 February 2024 Biowatch South Africa comments on the Concept Note on Food Systems Transformation and the National Food System Coordinating Committee (NFSCC)
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Policy Submission: Additional comments following consultations on the Draft Regulations – Plant Improvement Act and Plant Breeders’ Rights Act

1 December 2023 Additional comments on the Draft Regulations made in terms of the Plant Improvement Act, 2018 and the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2018
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Policy Submission: Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill

19 May 2023 Biowatch South Africa comments on the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill [B8–2021].
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Comments: Draft White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in South Africa

9 September 2022 Biowatch South Africa comments on the Draft White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in South Africa.
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