Hilal Elver
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Hilal Elver | |
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.jpg) Elver in 2015 | |
| United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food | |
| In office 2 June 2014 – 1 May 2020 | |
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| Born | November 29, 1953 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Alma mater | University of Ankara UCLA |
Hilal Elver (born November 29, 1953) is a member of the Academic Council of the UN Least Developed Countries (2011–2021)[1] and was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from June 2, 2014, until May 1, 2020.[2] She is also a research professor at University of California, Santa Barbara[3] and a Global Distinguished Fellow at the Resnick Food Law and Policy Center UCLA Law School.[2]
Her appointment as Special Rapporteur was criticized by the governments of the United States and Canada.[4][5]
Elver is the author of three books, including The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion (2012) and Peaceful Uses of International Rivers: The Case of the Euphrates and Tigris River Basin (2002).[6]
Elver is married to Richard A. Falk.
