Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward 2015, para. 9
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The Optional Protocol is intended to complement rather than replace national legal systems and should not be considered as the principal means of seeking justice. The Optional Protocol grants individuals, or groups of individuals under the jurisdiction of a State party, the right to submit communications about alleged violations of any economic, social or cultural right to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 2).
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Food & Nutrition
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/28/65, para. 9.