The right to food for people living in conflict zones - where food supplies are often most vulnerable and uncertain - is well established in international law and practice. CESR looked at violations of the right to food in Afghanistan following the U.S.-led attacks on that country. CESR has also looked at violations of the right to food in Palestine.
The Right to Food: The Case of Afghanistan
This November 2001 report lays out the numerous violations to the right to food in Afghanistan. Although food had long been a problem in Afghanistan, the U.S.-led war against the country exacerbated and worsened the food situation drastically.
Submission to Mr. Jean Ziegler, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
CESR submitted an extensive letter to Mr. Ziegler detailing the legal basis for the right to food and the effects of the U.S.-led war on the right to food in Afghanistan.
Related materials:
- Overview of the CESR Human Rights Assessment Mission to Afghanistan
- CESR Letter to the Editor (The New York Times)
- Press release: US Military Operations Push Millions of Afghan Civilians to Brink of Starvation
- Press release: Thousands of Afghan Civilian Dying as Humanitarian Crisis Ignored by United States and Allies
MATERIALS ON PALESTINE:
Press Release: New UN report condemns Israeli violations of the right to food
Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Oral Submission of the Center for Economic and Social Rights to the Fifty-Seventh Session of the Commission on Human Rights (March 28 2001)