A/HRC/28/65
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction .............................................................................................................
1
3
II.
International legal framework .................................................................................
2–13
3
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
2
Paragraphs
A.
Overview ........................................................................................................
2–5
3
B.
A new era: adoption of the Optional Protocol and access to justice ...............
6–13
4
Recent framework laws, jurisprudence and the justiciability of the right to food ...
14–25
5
A.
Latin America .................................................................................................
17–20
6
B.
Asia .................................................................................................................
21–22
7
C.
Africa ..............................................................................................................
23–24
8
D.
Europe .............................................................................................................
25
8
Obstacles to justiciability and the right to food .......................................................
26–37
9
A.
Resistance from some States and lack of political will ...................................
27–29
9
B.
Lack of awareness and obstacles for rights holders ........................................
30–33
10
C.
Institutional and structural barriers .................................................................
34–37
10
Extraterritorial obligations ......................................................................................
38–70
11
A.
Economic globalization and right to food .......................................................
38–40
11
B.
Extraterritorial obligations of States ...............................................................
41–47
13
C.
Holding transnational corporations accountable .............................................
48–70
14
Conclusion and recommendations ...........................................................................
71–72
20