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C/L/646. The conflict between state responsibility for the right of food and individual rights

WORDS:: 5400
DATE:: 2010
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This paper analyses the responsibility that every state has to ensure that individuals have the right to food within its territory. The paper defines the tern ‘right to food’ focusing on the International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The impact that large scale acquisition of land has had upon the right to food and on individual rights. The paper focuses on the rights of land users and indigenous people, the rights of agricultural workers and the rights to self determination and natural resources exploitation. The paper concludes by summarising the conflict between the responsibility of the state to ensure the right of food and the recognition of individual rights.

KEYWORDS: Right to food, international covenant of economic, social & cultural rights, ICESCR, land users, indigenous people, agricultural workers, self determination, natural resources exploitation, human rights,