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Title:A Framework Law on the Right to Food: An International and South African Perspective
Authors:Coomans, FonsISNI
Yakpo, KofiISNI
Year:2004
Periodical:African Human Rights Law Journal
Volume:4
Issue:1
Pages:17-33
Language:English
Geographic terms:world
South Africa
Subjects:human rights
food
Law, Human Rights and Violence
Abstract:Millions of people all over the world do not have access to food on a daily basis. The present contribution deals with ways in which to realize the right to adequate food. It suggests the adoption of a framework law as a means of strengthening the implementation of the right to food at the domestic level. In the first part, the article discusses the right to adequate food from an international human rights perspective. It deals, amongst others, with the background, aim and contents of a national framework law on the right to food. In the second part, attention is given to the role of civil society in the promotion of a framework law. This is illustrated by using the example of South Africa, where the lack of availability and accessibility of food to the poor would justify the adoption of a framework law. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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