Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward 2015, para. 24
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- In its case SERAC v. Nigeria, the African Commission held that the treatment by Nigeria of the Ogoni indigenous community violated the right to food implied in the African Charter. In their statement to the African Commission, the NGOs submitting the claim contended that: "the Nigerian government ... destroyed and threatened Ogoni food sources through a variety of means. The government ... participated in irresponsible oil development that poisoned much of the soil and water upon which Ogoni farming and fishing depended. In their raids on villages, Nigerian security forces have destroyed crops and killed farm animals. The security forces have created a state of terror and insecurity that ... made it impossible for many Ogoni villagers to return to their fields and animals. The destruction of farm lands, rivers, crops and animals created malnutrition and starvation among certain Ogoni communities."
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Personnes concernées
- Ethnic minorities
- Année
- 2015
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- SR Food, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/28/65, para. 24.
- Paragraph number
- 24
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