Agrarian reform, failure to implement
If warranted to ensure right to food and right to work

Type of entry: Potential Violation

Broader Terms:

Related Terms:

See ESC right:

Food, adequate

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

11(2)(a): The States Parties to the present Covenant, recognizing the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, shall take, individually and through international co-operation, the measures, including specific programmes, which are needed:
(a) To improve methods of production, conservation and distribution of food by making full use of technical and scientific knowledge, by disseminating knowledge of the principles of nutrition and by developing or reforming agrarian systems in such a way as to achieve the most efficient development and utilization of natural resources;

Related Documents:

General Comment No. 12: The Right to Adequate Food


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