Translation Spanish: Reports, 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.

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