This study, conducted with the appreciated and committed participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Mr Jean Ziegler, illustrates, in the context of the 16th and 17th
session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, how human rights can and must be mainstreamed in sustainable development issues. It contains a reflection offered
to the Parties of the Convention and members of the civil society to support the creation of an enabling environment for the promotion of solutions to combat land degradation,
desertification and mitigate the effects of drought while highlighting potential benefits from taking advantage of the complementarity of various existing regimes of international law.