Browsing Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights by Subject "Right to food"

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    • Accountability and the right to food: A comparative study of India and South Africa 

      Durojaye, Ebenezer; Chilemba, Enoch MacDonnell (Food Security SA Working Paper Series, 2018)
      It remains a great source of concern that, as richly endowed as the world is, each day millions of people go to sleep hungry and almost 870 million people, particularly in developing countries, are chronically undernourished. ...

    • Multilevel government, municipalities and food security 

      de Visser, Jaap (DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, South Africa, 2019)
      Realising the right to food in South Africa requires more than an increase in food production. Increasing access to food is equally important, so this contribution adopts a 'food systems approach'. It argues that food ...

    • National strategies for realising the right to food 

      Chenwi, Lilian (ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)
      The right to food has received increasing attention internationally and nationally following drastic increases in food prices and widespread protests against these increases in more than 40 countries this year (FIAN ...

    • Reading the right to food into the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : Africa's regional developments 

      Mbazira, Christopher (ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2004)
      The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Charter) of 1981 is the principal regional instrument protecting human and peoples’ rights in Africa. It incorporates a wide range of socio-economic rights, including ...

    • Some thoughts on litigating the right to food in South Africa 

      Serie, Timothy; Chenwi, Lilian (ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)
      Today, over one billion people do not have access to sufficient food. This worldwide hunger crisis has led to food riots in over 30 countries. Food emergencies in the world stem from a multitude of problems, ranging from ...