Prospects for Improving the International Legal Framework for Collective Food Security along the Implementation of the Concept of Sustainable Development

The paper analyzes international legal documents in the field of sustainable development in order to identify problems of legal regulation of collective food security and prepare proposals for its improvement. The author comes to the following conclusions. 1. International legal documents do not contain a universal regulatory definition of the concepts of «collective food security» and «sustainable development». At the global level, the currently existing definitions are part of acts that are commonly attributed to the norms of «soft» law. 2. At the level of regional international organizations, there is a reverse trend of normative consolidation of the concept of «food security», principles and approaches to achieve it on a collective basis in the context of the concept of sustainable development. 3. Unsatisfactory interim results in parts of eliminating hunger and achieving food security (SDG 2) at the global level are caused by imperfect legal regulation and an insufficiently effective international system for monitoring the achievement of the set goals. The author proposes legal measures to achieve the sustainable development goals more effectively. In particular, the need to prepare a draft international treaty on the implementation of the sustainable development goals until 2045 is justified. When preparing international legal documents in the field of sustainable development, it is recommended to take into account the provisions of acts of regional international organizations of a strategic nature, including those affecting food securities. Taking into account the successful provision it is proposed to improve the mechanism for global monitoring of the achievement of SDG 2 at the regional level by concluding framework conventions at the level of regional international organizations.

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