The Right to Food: A Right for Everyone
FOOD SYSTEM FAILURE: THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS AND THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE, Christopher Rosin, Paul Stock, Hugh Campbell, eds., Oxford, Earthscan, 2011
18 Pages Posted: 13 Jun 2011
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
This chapter outlines the international legal obligations regarding the right to food, and explains a human rights approach to the global food crisis. It concludes with proposals for reframing the crisis and addressing the right to food, through: prioritizing the protection of the most vulnerable (smallholder farmers); ensuring policies on biofuels respect the right to food and are geared towards true environmental protection; redressing the notion of food aid and reframing it in relation to the obligation of international cooperation; and redesigning the international trading system to be compliant with human rights (including regulating agricultural commodities trading).
Keywords: right to food, international law, food crisis, food insecurity
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