The Right to Food Guidelines, Democracy and Citizen Participation: Country case studies

ISBN-13: 9780367227715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 216 str.

Katharine S. E. Cresswell Riol

Opis

It is now more than a decade since the Right to Food Guidelines was negotiated, agreed and adopted internationally by states. This book provides a review of its objectives and the extent of success of its implementation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Food, Human Rights, Democracy and Beyond  3. A historical Background of the Right to Adequate Food and the Right to Food Guidelines  4. United Yet Unique: the BRICS  5. Reporting on the Right to Food Guidelines: the Use and Usefulness of CESCR Periodic Reporting within Right to Adequate Food Realisation  6. Implementation of Guideline 1 of the Right to Food Guidelines by the BRICS: an Evaluation  7. Assessing the Policy-making Capabilities of the Right to Food Guidelines: How it Upholds and Undermines Right to Adequate Food Realisation  8. Democracy From Below

O autorze

Katharine S. E. Cresswell Riol is a doctoral student at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has a Master's degree from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, and has previously been employed as an academic writing advisor and freelance writer, as well as working and volunteering for several NGOs in the UK, Australia and Canada.