The Right to Food: The Case of Afghanistan
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
U.S. Military Operations Push Millions of Afghan Civilians to Brink of Starvation
On World Food Day Human Rights Group Releases Fact Sheet on Food Crisis in Afghanistan