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Let’s be pragmatic. Real people need access to food under conditions that enable them to retain their human dignity. One’s access to food affects one’s entire fabric of life. Access…

This is a special Hunger Notes report on the right to food. Why shouldn’t people have enough food, earned in the usual case by working, to keep themselves alive and…

Right to Food Enough food is produced to feed everyone – however over 690 million people are currently suffering from chronic hunger. Every woman, man and child has the right…

The orders issued by the court clearly established that the court understands the right to life, affirmed in article 21 of Indian constitution, as implying the right to food. While…

The right to life and human dignity also encompasses the right to have food articles and beverages which are free from harmful residues such as pesticides and insecticides, the Supreme…

Reference to ‘the right to food’ has been a fixture of food security debates since the 1996 Rome Declaration on World Food Security, and the movement to enshrine the human…

The Heads of State and Government gathered in Rome at the World Food Summit at the invitation of FAO, reaffirmed on November 13 1996 the right of everyone to have…

According to figures from the FAO, there are almost 870 million chronically undernourished people in the world today, primarily in developing countries.  Every year, 6 million children die, directly or…

In the above mentioned Proceedings, the Commission has taken the view that the Right to Food is inherent to a life with dignity, and Article 21 of the Constitution of…

The historical and political background of the Right to Food (hereinafter also referred to as RTF) is much more than the history and politics of malnutrition. It concerns the development…