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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Right to food"”.
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The Making of India’s ‘Right to Food Act’
… scholarly literature on the creation of human rights law in light of the author’s empirical investigation into the making of India’s ‘right to food act’. Human rights law is increasingly being used to combat poverty, but influential critics of human rights law are sceptical about the law’s …
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Realising the right to food in India: Insights from the Midday Meal Scheme in Rajasthan
This thesis examines the everyday realisation of rights in India’s school-feeding programme, the Midday Meal Scheme. The commitment to realising the right to food in India is well-established. In 2001, a petition to the Supreme Court and subsequent orders made existing food-based schemes (including …
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Challenges and opportunities for socially just food systems in rural Scotland: an ethnographic exploration into how rurality shapes responses to and lived experiences of food insecurity among parents and carers in north-east Scotland.
… many families in Scotland from securing access to sufficient and adequate food for a healthy diet, challenging the realisation of their human right to food. Food insecurity has become an acute social, political and public health concern, particularly amongst families with children. The …
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The Techno-Politics of Food Security in New Delhi: The Re-Materialization of the Ration Card
… authorities remained shockingly unresponsive to the needs of starving populations. In the ensuing decade, a unique configuration of experts, activists, law-makers and lay-persons occupied key spaces and institutions to formulate a right to food law that establishes the biopolitical duties of …
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An analysis of municipal regulation and management of markets as an instrument to facilitate access to food and enhance food security
This paper seeks to answer the following question: how can municipalities manage and regulate markets in a manner that facilitates access to food and contributes to the enhancement of food security? In attempting to answer this question, the paper will also address the following questions: what …
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The legal status of prisoners of war in Islamic law : assessment of its compatibility with the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war
… codified in the 1949 Geneva Convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, questions arise, particularly from western thinkers, regarding their treatment under Islamic law. This thesis attempts to fill this gap in the literature. The legal status of prisoners of war as presented in the …
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Operationalizing rights-based approaches to development: a study of state and non-state duty-bearers in Odisha, India
This thesis examines how rights-based approaches to development are operationalised in Odisha, India, through an investigation of its practice by state and non-state actors at various levels. The thesis asks four research questions. The first asks how state political will and commitment defines, …
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LA SOVRANITA' PERMANENTE DEGLI STATI SULLE RISORSE NATURALI ED IL FENOMENO DEL LAND GRABBING
In seguito alla crisi dei prezzi dei prodotti alimentari tra il 2007 ed il 2008, é emersa sul panorama internazionale una nuova pratica, definita sinteticamente "land grabbing" (letteralmente accaparramento delle terre). Con tale espressione si indica, in prima approssimazione, l'acquisizione o …