Food Security and Human Rights in Indonesia

Development in Practice, Vol. 20, No. 1, February 2010

9 Pages Posted: 28 Feb 2010 Last revised: 21 Sep 2010

Date Written: February 25, 2010

Abstract

Food is crucial to an adequate standard of living. The acknowledgement of the right to food in government policies is fundamental to the protection of human dignity, particularly in relation to food insecurity. It allows the right-holder to seek redress and hold government accountable for non-fulfilment. With reference to Indonesia, the article highlights deficits in meeting obligations to the right to food as stipulated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The state links food policy to the issue of national stability, with a resulting focus on the national rather than household or individual levels, and the inhibition at the grassroots of the right to food.

Note: Document in French

Keywords: Governance and Public Policy, Rights, East Asia

Suggested Citation

Hadiprayitno, Irene, Food Security and Human Rights in Indonesia (February 25, 2010). Development in Practice, Vol. 20, No. 1, February 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1559119 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1559119

Irene Hadiprayitno (Contact Author)

Leiden University ( email )

Postbus 9500
Leiden, Zuid Holland 2300 RA
Netherlands

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