ENSC 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Millennium Development Goals, World Food Summit, Food Security

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENSC 315
• Professor: Susan Belyea

Document Summary

The right to food - food access in canada and. What would the canadian government have to do to fulfill the right to food in. 1996 - world food summit (fao)- definition food security; goal to cut # of hungry in half by 2015. Goal to cut % of hungry in half by 2015. Lack of political will and lack of resources. Companies signed on but did not follow through. Understanding in human rights law that everyone is responsible, not individual states, all countries signed on are responsible, globalize the solutions and recognize world issue. One solution: new emphasis on human rights and right to adequate food in order to hold states (governments) accountable for food security. Can we use right to food framework to hold governments responsible for working towards food security (ideally zero hunger) Article 11 international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.