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 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...
- Food as a human right
- Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2003
- This paper reports on a workshop held in September 2003 in Cancun, Mexico. The aim of the workshop was to address the efforts of national governments to meet their commitments under the international covenant on economic, social and c...
- Poor environments lead to bad water
- J. Scanlon; A. Cassar; N. Nemes / IUCN Environmental Law Programme, The World Conservation Union, Bonn, 2004
- This paper seeks to articulate the issues, and set out the competing arguments and challenges, about the contribution that a human right to water could make to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The authors defi...
- When is benefit-sharing of plant genetic resources fair and equitable?
- B. Herold / Syngenta Foundation, 2003
- This paper presents the NGO viewpoint on how the benefit-sharing provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (IT) should be practically applied for all parties concerned and what the main...
- Development compact to fulfil the right to development
- A. Sengupta / United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2003
- This study explores the implications of international economic issues, mainly driven by the process of globalisation, for the realisation of the right to development, and proposes avenues for action for all actors in the international...
- Rights-based advocacy for children in Iraq
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2003
- This report describes the political and socio-economic context of Iraq, the causes of increased infant mortality since the end of the 1980s, and the efforts made by UNICEF to improve child and maternal nutrition, health and sanitation...
- Why the UK government should end its support for an investment agreement at the WTO Ministerial Conference
- ActionAid International, 2003
- This paper presents Actionaids response to the issues surroundings the Cancun Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to be held in September 2003. ActionAid is concerned that an investment agreement negot...
- Structuring private property rights to fulfil the right to food in the ICESCR, Article 11?
- T.L. Myhrvold-Hanssen / Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2002
- This paper questions whether the right to food as a minimum requirement for social and economic welfare, are fully compatible with freedom rights (on which property rights are based) and their implications on private markets. More spe...
- Intergrating the right to food into Norwegian aid policy
- R. Haug; E. C. Rauan / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2001
- This report focuses on how to implement the right to food in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia). The main purpose is to assess how rights-based development exemplified by the right to food can be better i...
- Food as a human right
- Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2003
- This paper reports on a workshop held in September 2003 in Cancun, Mexico. The aim of the workshop was to address the efforts of national governments to meet their commitments under the international covenant on economic, social and c...
- Poor environments lead to bad water
- J. Scanlon; A. Cassar; N. Nemes / IUCN Environmental Law Programme, The World Conservation Union, Bonn, 2004
- This paper seeks to articulate the issues, and set out the competing arguments and challenges, about the contribution that a human right to water could make to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The authors defi...
- When is benefit-sharing of plant genetic resources fair and equitable?
- B. Herold / Syngenta Foundation, 2003
- This paper presents the NGO viewpoint on how the benefit-sharing provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (IT) should be practically applied for all parties concerned and what the main...
- Development compact to fulfil the right to development
- A. Sengupta / United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2003
- This study explores the implications of international economic issues, mainly driven by the process of globalisation, for the realisation of the right to development, and proposes avenues for action for all actors in the international...
- Rights-based advocacy for children in Iraq
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2003
- This report describes the political and socio-economic context of Iraq, the causes of increased infant mortality since the end of the 1980s, and the efforts made by UNICEF to improve child and maternal nutrition, health and sanitation...
- Why the UK government should end its support for an investment agreement at the WTO Ministerial Conference
- ActionAid International, 2003
- This paper presents Actionaids response to the issues surroundings the Cancun Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to be held in September 2003. ActionAid is concerned that an investment agreement negot...
- Structuring private property rights to fulfil the right to food in the ICESCR, Article 11?
- T.L. Myhrvold-Hanssen / Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2002
- This paper questions whether the right to food as a minimum requirement for social and economic welfare, are fully compatible with freedom rights (on which property rights are based) and their implications on private markets. More spe...
- Intergrating the right to food into Norwegian aid policy
- R. Haug; E. C. Rauan / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2001
- This report focuses on how to implement the right to food in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia). The main purpose is to assess how rights-based development exemplified by the right to food can be better i...
- Food shortages and the humanitarian reponse in southern Africa
- International Development Committee, UK, 2003
- In early 2002 southern Africa was gripped by food shortages. These were just one aspect of a complex humanitarian crisis, with impacts ranging across all sectors, from agriculture, to education and health. The trigger for the crisis w...
- Were IMF structural adjustment policies to blame for the Malawi food crisis?
- K. Owusu; F. Ng’ambi / World Development Movement, 2002
- This report from WDM details IMF enforced policies which it claims have undermined Malawi’s ability to feed its people. It blames the ongoing privatisation of the food production and distribution system (notably the Agricultural ...
- 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
