Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
United Nations. 2000. Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Year Published: 
2000
Organization: 
United Nations Human Rights
Description: 

For the Special Rapporteur, the right to food is the right to have regular, permanent and unrestricted access, either directly or by means of financial purchases, to quantitatively and qualitatively adequate and sufficient food corresponding to the cultural traditions of the people to which the consumer belongs, and which ensure a physical and mental, individual and collective, fulfilling and dignified life free of fear.

Category: 
food justice, accessibility, resource allocation, availability, social justice, human rights