Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward 2015, para. 11
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Victims of violations now have a means of making effective appeals through an international mechanism, once they have exhausted the grievance mechanisms within their own countries, or if there is an excessive delay in processing their claims through national procedures. The Optional Protocol also provides for interim measures for victims in exceptional circumstances in order to prevent irreparable damage to victims (art. 5).
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)
Food & Nutrition
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/28/65, para. 11.