| Description |
xvii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Advancing human rights series |
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Advancing human rights series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : taking rights seriously -- pt. I. Foundations -- 1. Food and nutrition -- Malnutrition -- Causes of malnutrition -- Growth measurement -- Numbers of malnourished people -- Malnutrition and mortality -- Comparative mortality -- Food and nutrition security -- Varieties of government action -- 2. The international human rights system -- Historical foundations -- International humanitarian law -- The International Bill of Human Rights -- Children's rights -- Regional human rights agreements -- Human rights agencies -- United Nations charter bodies -- United Nations treaty bodies -- Civil society organizations -- Informal civil society -- 3. Adequate food is a human right -- Economic, social, and cultural rights -- Food in international human rights law -- Food in international humanitarian law -- Global declarations and commitments -- General comment 12 -- The special rapporteur -- The voluntary guidelines -- |
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pt. II. Human rights systems -- 4. Human rights, governance, and law -- Human rights and governance -- Studying human rights in national governance -- The role of national law -- Universal human rights and the role of international law -- 5. Rights and entitlements -- Definition -- Moral versus legal rights -- Soft versus hard rights -- Rights as goals -- Rights imply entitlements -- Determining local entitlements -- Having versus realizing rights -- 6. Obligations and commitments -- Moral responsibilities -- When do governments do human rights work? -- Levels of government obligation -- Economic rights -- The obligation of good governance -- Obligations of nonstate actors -- Questionable charity -- 7. Accountability mechanisms -- Varieties of accountability -- Justiciability -- Remedies for rights holders -- National and local human rights agencies -- Accountability through public action -- |
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pt. III. Applications -- 8. India -- The Supreme Court case -- Starvation is not the problem -- The missing piece in India's rights system -- The Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Project -- 9. Brazil -- 10. The United States -- 11. Feeding infants -- Breast-feeding rights -- Infants' human right to adequate food -- Principles -- Women's right to breast-feed versus infants' right to be breast-fed -- 12. Feeding infants of HIV-positive mothers -- Official guidance on HIV/AIDS and infant feeding -- Issues -- A court case -- Informed choice -- Principles -- 13. Water -- The household water problem -- Water rights are different -- General comment 15 -- 14. Trade -- Issues -- The human right to adequate food in relation to trade -- Reconciling different frameworks -- Food sovereignty -- 15. Refugees -- Issues in refugee nutrition -- Explanations and justifications for uneven services -- The human right to adequate food -- The adequacy question -- Specifying the obligations -- Limiting the obligations -- The work ahead -- 16. International humanitarian assistance -- Issues -- Rights to assistance -- The provider's motivation -- Implementation -- 17. Global human rights -- Global rights and global obligations -- Global accountability -- Strategic planning. |
| Subject |
Food supply.
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Hunger.
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Human rights.
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| ISBN |
1589010558 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781589010550 cloth alkaline paper |
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1589010566 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781589010567 paperback alkaline paper |
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