Right to Food

The right to food, and its variations, is a human right protecting the right of people to feed themselves in dignity, implying that sufficient food is available, that people have the means to access it, and that it adequately meets the individual's dietary needs. The right to food protects the right of all human beings to be free from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The right to food does not imply that governments have an obligation to hand out free food to everyone who wants it, or a right to be fed. However, if people are deprived of access to …

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The South Centre · 17 April 2024 English

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Strengthening efforts towards fulfilling the human right to food and the right to clean, safe and healthy environment


World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English

With nearly 420 million children reached worldwide, school meals are among the largest-scale social protection interventions. This paper traces the evolution of school meals programs globally, examines the empirical evidence …

through judicial intervention in the context of right to food and right to education. Similarly in Nepal have been shaped by legal recognition of the right to food security and food sovereignty and indirectly of the poorest countries in the region, has right to food security and food sovereignty enshrined in the constitution and a specific statute, i.e. through the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Act 2018, and implements which has a well-established universal program, right to food was recognized initially through judicial interpretation


World Bank Group · 15 April 2024 English

human security and social justice; 3) human right to food; 4) productive transformation and internationalization;


The South Centre · 15 April 2024 Spanish

The Supreme Court found that in the absence in the Bill of mitigatory measures -as allowed by the TRIPS Agreement- and of a working definition of the term “microorganism”, there …

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IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 10 April 2024 English

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................................ 41 a. The right to food ........................................... Special Rapporteur of the Commission on the right to food, Mr. Jean Ziegler (E/CN.4/2002/58), submitted WKH ULJKW WR IRRG a. The right to food 99. As stated above, the right to food is derived from the right According to the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, every individual, alone or in community with milestone in acknowledging the collective 224 right to food on a global scale. This recognition is evident


Amnesty International · 9 April 2024 English

Amnesty International welcomes the call for input to inform an expert workshop and the High Commissioner’s comprehensive study on the human rights dimension of care and support to be presented …


Amnesty International · 4 April 2024 English

Amnesty International welcomes the call for inputs by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, and on the …


Amnesty International · 4 April 2024 English

Amnesty International and other civil society organizations participated to the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency’s Western Africa Regional Workshop. They subsequently adopted a declaration on the impact of the fishing industry …

Resolution ACHPR/Res. 374 (LX) 2017, on the Right to Food and Food Insecurity in Africa; Resolution ACHPR/Res ACHPR/Res.431 (LXV) 2019, on the Right to Food and Nutrition in Africa; and the African Union (AU) Agenda Nigeria, the African Commission underscored that right to food is inherent in the right to life, the right


RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 27 March 2024 English

The Ministers noted with deep concern that the lack of effective implementation of the internationally agreed development goals including the MDGs remains the Achilles Heel of the UN development agenda …

safe and nutritious food consistent with the right to food and the fundamental right of everyone to be


RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 27 March 2024 English

The Ministers expressed their serious concern over the failure in July of the talks of the WTO Doha Round that may preclude finishing negotiations this year and considered it a …

safe and nutritious food consistent with the right to food and the fundamental right of everyone to be


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