This series of four lectures by Olivier De Schutter forms part of the Collège de France’s ‘Europe’ cycle. In 2026–2028, this cycle is devoted to the theme ‘Rural Europe’.
Olivier De Schutter will examine the emergence of the concept of food sovereignty in international law, leading up to its enshrinement through the adoption, in 2018, of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. He will then assess the impact of the discourse on food sovereignty on recent attempts to overhaul the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy in connection with the European Green Deal, through the adoption, as part of this deal, of a ‘farm-to-table’ food strategy.
