Report: Human Rights and Reconstruction in Afghanistan
Thisreport presents the findings of a human rights assessment mission toAfghanistan, undertaken in January 2002 by the Center for Economic andSocial Rights. To provide a snapshot of local human rights priorities,the CESR mission interviewed a cross-section of Afghans and international aid workers.
Montreal Principles
The Montreal Principles were based on earlier drafts of a principles statements prepared by the Cape Town WEEP meeting. The Montreal Principles are also available in the Summer 2004 Human Rights Quarterly.
The Right to Food: The Case of Afghanistan
Human Right to Food
The human right to food1is recognized and protected in a wide range of both declaratory andlegally binding international instruments, including the UniversalDeclaration 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.5As a result, all States are obliged to progressively implement theright to food and provide guarantees against hunger and starvation,even in times of emergency,6by ensuring the accessibility and ???availability of food in quantity andquality sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, freefrom adverse substances and acceptable within a given culture.???7
Second Planning Meeting For Developing the Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
March 22-25, 2001
Cape Town, South Africa
CESR written submission to the 57th session of the Commission on Human Rights
CESR Report on Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Women's Economic Equality Project, South Africa Consultation
Proceedings of the Consultation on Women???s Economic Equality
7-10 December 2000
CESR Report on Israel to the 24th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CESR submission, November 13, 2001
ESCR-Net Planning Meeting October 2000: Report
ESCR Network Planning Meeting
October 5-6, 2000
The Ford Foundation