The fight for the right to food: lessons learned

This book documents and analyzes the experiences of the UN's first Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. It highlights the conceptual advances in the legal understanding of the right to food in international human rights law, as well as analyzes key practical challenges through experiences in 11 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. JEAN ZIEGLER is Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Council's Advisory Committee, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Previously, he was UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. He is an experton economic, social and cultural rights, and has published numerous books on globalization and development. CHRISTOPHE GOLAY is Joint Coordinator of the Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Senior Researcher at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland. He is also Visiting Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland. Previously, he was Legal Advisor to theUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. CLAIRE MAHON is Joint Coordinatorof the Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Senior Researcher at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland. She is also Special Advisor to Mary Robinson, Chair of the GAVI Alliance, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, USA. She has previously worked as Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and as an international human rights lawyer for various non-governmental organizations including Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists. SALLY-ANNE WAY is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Economic and Social Rights, Spain. She previously worked as Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and as Research Associate at the Graduate Institute of international and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland. She has also served as a consultant to various UN agencies, and has heldposts at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK, and at the Bank of England. She has published widely on issues of human rights and development. INDICE: Preface - List of Acronyms and Abbreviations - Introduction: Hunger and the Right to Food - PART I: THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN INTERNATIONAL LAW - TheDefinition of the Right to Food in International Law - The Right to Food of the Most Vulnerable People - The Right to Food in an Era of Globalization - TheRight to Food in Situations of Armed Conflict - PART II: THE RIGHT TO FOOD INPRACTICE: COUNTRY MISSIONS IN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA - Niger - Brazil- Bangladesh - The Occupied Palestinian Territories - Ethiopia - Mongolia - Guatemala - India - Lebanon - Bolivia - Cuba - Conclusion - Annexures - End Notes

• ISBN: 978-0-230-28464-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 464
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido