Right to food
The right to food under international law and in national constitutions and legislation; approaches to the effective implementation of right to food legislation; and how right to food fits with other national and international frameworks for addressing hunger (eg. World Food Summit and MDGs).
- Food sovereignty approach implies agrarian reform
- International NGO/CSO Planning Committee, 2006
- Through an analysis of the right to adequate food and the right to land, this civil society report, argued that achieving food sovereignty requires agrarian reform. The paper therefore calls for a new redistributive land reform that r...
- Furthering the food sovereignty approach
- M. Windfuhr; J. Jonsén / Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2005
- Food Sovereignty is a policy framework for the governance of food and agriculture, which addresses the problems of hunger and poverty in a new and innovative way. This paper illustrates how the Food Sovereignty policy framework has de...
- Right-to-food violations, India
- FIAN Norway, 2005
- This advocacy group document confirms the violation of human rights in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, India. It specifically addresses abuses with regard to the right to adequate food. The report is based on information provide...
- Can community monitoring mechanisms contribute to food security in Southern Africa?
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- SARPN hosted a conference in May 2005 on “Civil society experiences of monitoring food security issues in Southern Africa”. This report documents the presentations that were made, including the questions asked and further di...
- Government of India violates community rights to food and water
- A. Mankame; S. Pabst; R. Ramgiri / FoodFirst Information and Action Network, 2004
- This report establishes that the Government of India is failing to respect, protect and fulfil its peoples’ right to adequate food and water even though it has signed and ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social an...
- Right to food in Guatemala
- A. Wiese; M. Wolpold-Bosien / FoodFirst Information and Action Network, 2005
- This paper presents an analysis of the actions and omissions of the Guatemala State in respect to its obligations under the human right to food, and also refers to several paradigmatic cases of violations of the right to food within t...
- The right to food: does Norway comply with its legal obligations?
- C. Haare / FoodFirst Information and Action Network, 2005
- This report looks at if Norway violates its obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the right to food, by specific examples such as Norwegian participation in the UN, Development cooperation, participation in the World Trade Organis...
- Right to food in Brazil
- FAO Right to Food, 2003
- This document details the statement by Ambassador Flavio Perri, Brazilian Permanent Representative to FAO, issued in May 2003. The statement deals with issues of right to food in Brazil. The document highlights the fundamental ...
- Final report of the Millenium Project taskforce on hunger
- P. Sanchez; M.S. Swaminathan; P. Dobie; N. Yuksel / Millennium Project, 2005
- This final report of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Hunger sets out it’s recommendations and interventions for achieving the millennium development goal of halving world hunger by 2015. The report initially examines prog...
- Rights-based approaches to food and water issues
- Human Rights Education Associates, 2004
- This study guide provides an overview of the main global food and water issues from a rights perspective. The guide provides a detailed account of the major international organisations that work within the field of water and food, as ...
- Right-to-food violations, India
- FIAN Norway, 2005
- This advocacy group document confirms the violation of human rights in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, India. It specifically addresses abuses with regard to the right to adequate food. The report is based on information provide...
- Can community monitoring mechanisms contribute to food security in Southern Africa?
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- SARPN hosted a conference in May 2005 on “Civil society experiences of monitoring food security issues in Southern Africa”. This report documents the presentations that were made, including the questions asked and further di...
- Government of India violates community rights to food and water
- A. Mankame; S. Pabst; R. Ramgiri / FoodFirst Information and Action Network, 2004
- This report establishes that the Government of India is failing to respect, protect and fulfil its peoples’ right to adequate food and water even though it has signed and ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social an...
- Right to food in Guatemala
- A. Wiese; M. Wolpold-Bosien / FoodFirst Information and Action Network, 2005
- This paper presents an analysis of the actions and omissions of the Guatemala State in respect to its obligations under the human right to food, and also refers to several paradigmatic cases of violations of the right to food within t...
- The right to food: does Norway comply with its legal obligations?
- C. Haare / FoodFirst Information and Action Network, 2005
- This report looks at if Norway violates its obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the right to food, by specific examples such as Norwegian participation in the UN, Development cooperation, participation in the World Trade Organis...
- Right to food in Brazil
- FAO Right to Food, 2003
- This document details the statement by Ambassador Flavio Perri, Brazilian Permanent Representative to FAO, issued in May 2003. The statement deals with issues of right to food in Brazil. The document highlights the fundamental ...
- Final report of the Millenium Project taskforce on hunger
- P. Sanchez; M.S. Swaminathan; P. Dobie; N. Yuksel / Millennium Project, 2005
- This final report of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Hunger sets out it’s recommendations and interventions for achieving the millennium development goal of halving world hunger by 2015. The report initially examines prog...
- Rights-based approaches to food and water issues
- Human Rights Education Associates, 2004
- This study guide provides an overview of the main global food and water issues from a rights perspective. The guide provides a detailed account of the major international organisations that work within the field of water and food, as ...
- Food security policy of the Norwegian Devlopment Fund
- Development Fund, Norway, 2003
- The documents in this booklet outline the policy and viewpoints of the Norwegian Development Fund on the right to food, food security and food sovereignty. The booklet includes two position papers endorsed by the Fund. The first conce...
- How do you operationalise the right to food at State level: Brazil, Canada, India, South Africa, Uganda?
- Intergovernmental Working Group for the Elaboration of a Set of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the , 2004
- This paper attempts to explore the question of how the human right to adequate food can be implemented at the country level. It is based on case studies on implementing the right to food in five countries and a meeting, held from 16-1...
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- The Child Poverty Action Group was formed in 1994 out of deep concern for the rising level of poverty in New Zealand and its effects on children. CPAG works to produce evidence about the causes and effects of poverty on children and their families. It examines how Government policies affect children and families. CPAG publishes reports, makes submissions and conducts small-scale researc...
- Rural Reconstruction Nepal
- Integrated community development programmes in Nepal
