Report: Human Rights and Reconstruction in Afghanistan

Wed, 01 May 2002 11:23:16 -0400

This report presents the findings of a human rights assessment mission to Afghanistan, undertaken in January 2002 by the Center for Economic and Social Rights. To provide a snapshot of local human rights priorities, the CESR mission interviewed a cross-section of Afghans and international aid workers.

The Right to Food: The Case of Afghanistan

Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:47:23 -0500

Human Right to Food

The human right to food¹ is recognized and protected in a wide range of both declaratory and legally binding international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,² the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,³ the Convention on the Rights of the Child⁴ and the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition.⁵ As a result, all States are obliged to progressively implement the right to food and provide guarantees against hunger and starvation, even in times of emergency,⁶ by ensuring the accessibility and “availability of food in quantity and quality sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from adverse substances and acceptable within a given culture.”⁷

Center for Economic and Social Rights - Reports, Afghanistan

Report: Human Rights and Reconstruction in Afghanistan

The Right to Food: The Case of Afghanistan

Human Right to Food