The right to food and the World Trade Organization's rules on agriculture / / Rhonda Ferguson.

• Superior document: International Studies in Human Rights, Volume 123
• VerfasserIn: Ferguson, Rhonda,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; Volume 123.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (305 pages).

In The Right to Food and the World Trade Organization’s Rules on Agriculture: Conflicting, Compatible, or Complementary? , Rhonda Ferguson explores the relationship between the human right to food and agricultural trade rules. She questions whether States can adhere to their obligations under both regimes simultaneously. These two regimes are frequently portrayed to be in tension with one another. The content and contours of the right to food under international human rights law and WTO rules on domestic supports, export subsidies, and market access are considered through the lens of norm conflict theories. The analysis is situated within the context of the debate surrounding the fragmentation of international law.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The Fragmentation of International Law; the World Trade Organization and International Human Rights Regimes -- Conflict of Norms in International Law; Theories and Practice -- The Human Right to Adequate Food and Corresponding Obligations -- Market Access -- Domestic and Export Subsidies -- Locating Entryways for the Right to Food in wto Agricultural Trade Rules; Are Backdoor Exceptions and Unilateral Conditions Enough to Transform the Relationship into one of Complementarity? -- Conclusion.