Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) and the National Food Agency (Bapanas) to integrate right-to-food principles into the policy and oversight framework of food programs.
This initiative was highlighted through a dissemination and dialogue session on the Standard Norms and Regulations (SNP) for the Right to Food involving both agencies on Tuesday (September 29), aimed at strengthening human rights standards in national food governance.
Komnas HAM Commissioner for Research and Studies Uli Parulian Sihombing said in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday that the Right to Food SNP serves as a framework for ministries, agencies, and other stakeholders in formulating policy.
“The SNP serves as a reference for ministries, agencies, and other stakeholders in formulating state policy, while providing a benchmark for interpreting right-to-food issues,” he explained.
Under the framework, the right to food encompasses the right of every individual to physical and economic access to food that is adequate in both quantity and quality, is safe, nutritious, culturally acceptable, and supportive of a healthy, dignified life.
Fulfilling this right requires guaranteeing food safety, nutritional adequacy, and food resource sustainability, alongside protections for vulnerable groups.
Komnas HAM has set several core principles to guide the fulfillment of the right to food: adequacy, availability, affordability, sustainability, non-discrimination, accessibility, participation, positive affirmation, inclusiveness, intersectionality, and progressive realization.
During the dialogue, BGN expressed its commitment to integrating right-to-food principles as monitoring and oversight indicators in managing the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program, while building awareness of the right to food within its organization.
Meanwhile, Bapanas will adopt the principles as indicators for monitoring non-processed food, dietary diversity, and food safety.
“Komnas HAM, BGN, and Bapanas have also agreed to strengthen data integration to monitor food safety and address incidents objectively and transparently,” Sihombing said.
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