The Right to Food around the Globe

  Chad

The Constitution of the Republic of Chad does not explicitly guarantee the right to adequate food.

The Republic of Chad has become a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1995 by way of accession. 

CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITIONS OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD

National status of international obligations

Article 225: "The Treaties or Agreements regularly ratified have, on their publication, an authority superior to that of the national laws, under reserve for each Agreement or Treaty of its application by the other party." (article 222 in the 1996 version)

Other pertinent provisions for the realization of the right to adequate food

Article 41: "The family is the natural and moral base of society. The State and the decentralized territorial collectivities have a duty to see to the well-being of the family." (article 37 in the 1996 version)

Article 43: "The State and the decentralized territorial collectivities create conditions for the fulfillment and well-being of youth." (article 39 in the 1996 version)

INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – 1948

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – 1966

Status: Accession (1995)

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – 1979

Status: Accession (1995)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – 1989

Status: Ratification (1990)

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – 2006

Status: Signature (2012)

Legislation and policies recognizing the right to adequate food

Guidance on how to progressively realise the human right to adequate food in contexts of national food security has been provided by the Right to Food Guidelines, adopted by the FAO Council and endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security.

Considering that the human right to adequate food can be implemented through a variety of legal and policy actions, we invite you to visit the FAOLEX Country Profile database for a wide-ranging collection of measures that have been taken at national level. Some of the documents you may find are legislation and policies that touch on a number of relevant Guidelines, such as those on Access to resources and assets (Guideline 8), Food safety and consumer protection (Guideline 9), Support for vulnerable groups (Guideline 13) and Natural and human-made disasters (Guideline 16).

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