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- Title
THE CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN THE 21<sup>ST</sup> CENTURY: REFLECTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD.
- Authors
Elver, Hilal
- Abstract
In March 2015, international law and human rights scholars, practitioners, and students participated in a symposium at the UCLA School of Law focusing on the challenges and opportunities in realizing the right to food in the 21st Century. I delivered the keynote address at this event, in which I utilized my experience as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to reflect on the current status of the right to food worldwide. In this Essay, I further elucidate issues confronting the right to food. I begin by emphasizing the importance of adopting a human rights based approach to addressing hunger and food security. Next, I explore the development of the right to food, and the implementation of that right domestically through an analysis of the justiciability of the right to food. I identify global challenges affecting the eradication of hunger, and examine alternatives to the current food system. Finally, I conclude this Essay by offering my recommendations for fostering a coordinated international response aimed at ensuring the protection and implementation of the right to food.
- Subjects
RIGHT to food; INTERNATIONAL law; FOOD security laws; UNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles. School of Law; UNITED Nations
- Publication
UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1089-2605
- Publication type
Proceeding