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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 1949, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art 26. The basic daily food rations shall be sufficient in quantity, quality and variety to keep prisoners of war in good health and to prevent loss of weight or the development of nutritional deficiencies. Account shall also be taken of the habitual diet of the prisoners. The Detaining Power shall supply prisoners of war who work with such additional rations as are necessary for the labour on which they are employed. Sufficient drinking water shall be supplied to prisoners of war. The use of tobacco shall be permitted. Prisoners of war shall, as far as possible, be associated with the preparation of their meals; they may be employed for that purpose in the kitchens. Furthermore, they shall be given the means of preparing, themselves, the additional food in their possession. Adequate premises shall be provided for messing. Collective disciplinary measures affecting food are prohibited. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [2. The States Parties to the present Covenant, recognizing the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, shall take, individually and through international co-operation, the measures, including specific programmes, which are needed:] (a) To improve methods of production, conservation and distribution of food by making full use of technical and scientific knowledge, by disseminating knowledge of the principles of nutrition and by developing or reforming agrarian systems in such a way as to achieve the most efficient development and utilization of natural resources; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [2. The States Parties to the present Covenant, recognizing the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, shall take, individually and through international co-operation, the measures, including specific programmes, which are needed:] (b) Taking into account the problems of both food-importing and food-exporting countries, to ensure an equitable distribution of world food supplies in relation to need. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. In order to promote the exercise of this right and eradicate malnutrition, the States Parties undertake to improve methods of production, supply and distribution of food, and to this end, agree to promote greater international cooperation in support of the relevant national policies. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. For the purpose of paragraph 1: (b) "Extermination" includes the intentional infliction of conditions of life, inter alia the deprivation of access to food and medicine, calculated to bring about the destruction of part of a population; | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Everyone has the right to adequate nutrition which guarantees the possibility of enjoying the highest level of physical, emotional and intellectual development. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | a) provide women with access to clean drinking water, sources of domestic fuel, land, and the means of producing nutritious food; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 89. Daily food rations for internees shall be sufficient in quantity, quality and variety to keep internees in a good state of health and prevent the development of nutritional deficiencies. Account shall also be taken of the customary diet of the internees. Internees shall also be given the means by which they can prepare for themselves any additional food in their possession. Sufficient drinking water shall be supplied to internees. The use of tobacco shall be permitted. Internees who work shall receive additional rations in proportion to the kind of labour which they perform. Expectant and nursing mothers and children under fifteen years of age, shall be given additional food, in proportion to their physiological needs. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Art. 55. To the fullest extent of the means available to it, the Occupying Power has the duty of ensuring the food and medical supplies of the population; it should, in particular, bring in the necessary foodstuffs, medical stores and other articles if the resources of the occupied territory are inadequate. The Occupying Power may not requisition foodstuffs, articles or medical supplies available in the occupied territory, except for use by the occupation forces and administration personnel, and then only if the requirements of the civilian population have been taken into account. Subject to the provisions of other international Conventions, the Occupying Power shall make arrangements to ensure that fair value is paid for any requisitioned goods. The Protecting Power shall, at any time, be at liberty to verify the state of the food and medical supplies in occupied territories, except where temporary restrictions are made necessary by imperative military requirements. | International Committee of the Red Cross | International treaty |
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| 1949 | ||
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned that in situations of poverty women have the least access to food, health, education, training and opportunities for employment and other needs, | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1979 | ||
SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To ensure consistent focus on and pursuance of the regional priorities delineated above, States Parties shall promote solidarity, co-operation and collective action between and among SAARC Member States in the arena of child rights and development. States Parties view such cooperation as mutually reinforcing and capable of enhancing the quality and impact of their national efforts to create the enabling conditions and environment for full realization of child rights and attainment of the highest possible standard of child well being. In pursuance hereof, States Parties shall: e. set up a South Asian nutrition initiative aimed at enhancing knowledge and promoting greater awareness, practice and attainment of higher levels of nutrition, particularly for children and women, through mass education, adequate training and ensuring food security and equitable distribution of food at the family level. | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Regional treaty |
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| 2002 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. This Statute shall be open for signature by all States in Rome, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, on 17 July 1998. Thereafter, it shall remain open for signature in Rome at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy until 17 October 1998. After that date, the Statute shall remain open for signature in New York, at United Nations Headquarters, until 31 December 2000. | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 3b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. The States Parties hereby undertake to accord adequate protection to the family unit and in particular: b. To guarantee adequate nutrition for children at the nursing stage and during school attendance years; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. States Parties, in accordance with national conditions and within their means, shall take appropriate measures to assist parents and others responsible for the child to implement this right and shall in case of need provide material assistance and support programmes, particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties to the present Charter shall in accordance with their means and national conditions take all appropriate measures: to assist parents and other persons responsible for the child and in case of need, provide material assistance and support programmes particularly with regard to nutrition, health, education, clothing and housing; | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: b) Train young people to take up agricultural, mineral, commercial and industrial production using contemporary systems and promote the benefits of modern information and communication technology to gain access to existing and new markets; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: h) Take steps to provide equal access to health care services and nutrition for girls and young women; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. States Parties shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures to: h) Provide food security for people living with HIV/AIDS; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | b) establish adequate systems of supply and storage to ensure food security. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Recognise the right of young people to be free from hunger and shall take individual or collective measures to: d) Facilitate access to credit to promote youth participation in agricultural and other sustainable livelihood projects; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Right to food 2001, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to give adequate priority in their development strategies and expenditures to the realization of the right to food; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Right to food 2001, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note of the report of the United Nations Children's Fund on early childhood entitled The State of the World's Children, 2001, and in this context recalls that the nurturing of young children merits the highest priority; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Right to food 2001, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Supports the realization of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur as established by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolutions 2000/10 and 2001/25; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also all previous resolutions and decisions on the right to food adopted within the framework of the United Nations, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the final declaration adopted at the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 10 March 2006, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that the complex character of the global food crisis, in which the right to adequate food is threatened to be violated on a substantial scale, is a combination of several major factors, such as the global financial and economic crisis, environmental degradation, desertification and the impacts of global climate change, as well as natural disasters and the lack in many countries of the appropriate technology, investment and capacity-building necessary to confront its impact, particularly in developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Resolved to act to ensure that the human rights perspective is taken into account at the national, regional and international levels in measures to address the global food crisis, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls for the early conclusion and a successful, development-oriented outcome of the Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization as a contribution to creating international conditions that permit the full realization of the right to food; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2012, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes that the promises made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to halve the number of persons who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, while recognizing the efforts of Member States in this regard, and once again invites all international financial and development institutions, as well as the relevant United Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding to realize the aim of halving by 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, as well as the right to food as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the United Nations Millennium Declaration;3 | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2004, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2004 |