The Right to food / / P. Alston and K. Tomaševski, editors.

• Superior document: International Studies in Human Rights ; 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Tomaševski, K.; Alston, Philip,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, Massachusetts : : M. Nijhoff,, [1984]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 1984
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Human Rights ; 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Editors Introduction -- Part I: An overview -- International Law and the Human Right to Food -- Part II: Philosophical perspectives -- The right not to be hungry -- The Interdependence of Duties -- Part III: The Role of International Law -- The Legal Nature of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: a Rebuttal of Some Traditional Views -- Obligations of Conduct and Result -- Towards a System for Supervising States' Compliance with the Right to Food -- Human Rights Indicators: The Right to Food as a Test Case -- Part IV: Implementing the Right to Food -- Right to Food for Peoples and for the People: a Historical Perspective -- The Right to Food and Agrarian Systems: Law and Practice in Latin America -- Developing the Human Right to Food as a Legal Resource for the Rural Poor. Some Strategies for NGOs -- Part V: Annexes -- SIM Right too Food Conference: A Synthesis of the Discussion -- Index -- Authors' notes -- Table of Contents.