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The Right to Food and Access to Justice

Examples at the national, regional and international levels

Year of publication 2009

Pages 68

Author Christophe Golay

Publisher Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-106384-2

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This Right to Food Study outlines a range of concrete examples to demonstrate that access to justice is possible and useful to protect the victims of violations of the right to food. The study also lays out the legal systems in which the access to justice is possible, and address the remaining gaps in other legal systems.

Language English

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