Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward 2015, para. 51
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There are a number of cases involving TNCs and right to food violations at the domestic level; however, in many of these cases, claims are either based on tort or criminal law rather than human rights legislation, or decisions focus on the involvement of the Government in the violation of rights, and not the company. The case against Nigeria submitted through the African Commission on Human Rights is an example thereof. Another example is the case brought to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of indigenous Guarani people living in the Oriente region in Ecuador against the oil exploitation activities by their own Government and Texaco.
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
Ethnic minorities
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/28/65, para. 51.