Olivier De Schutter: podcast appearances and interviews

Olivier De Schutter is a Belgian legal scholar specializing in economic and social rights, with an emphasis on social rights in the context of European integration. He introduced the concept of the social constitution of Europe to describe the role of the European Social Charter within Europe. He served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food from 2008 to 2014 and has since been appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, beginning his term on May 1, 2020. De Schutter is a professor of international human rights law, European Union law, and legal theory at the University of Louvain in Belgium, and he also teaches at the College of Europe and Sciences Po in Paris. Additionally, he has a history of academic engagement as a regular visiting professor at Columbia University between 2008 and 2012 and has contributed to the American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. He holds the position of first chair of the Belgian Advisory Council on Policy Coherence for Development and is a co-chair of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a multidisciplinary group working toward reforming food systems. De Schutter's work reflects a focus on advancing economic, social, and cultural rights within a global and European framework.