A/HRC/28/65
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 January 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food,
Hilal Elver*
Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward
Summary
In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with its
resolution 22/9, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food explores the obstacles faced by
those wishing to seek remedy for violations related to the right to food by analysing the
current international legal framework, and identifying examples of good practice as a
means of encouraging States to develop judicial remedies in accordance with the Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The report
also addresses some issues related to extraterritorial obligations in relation to the right to
food.
*
Late submission.
GE.15-00304 (E)