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Accessible Justice: Legislation and Accountability

  Only with enforceable justice, trusted institutions and a legal system duly oriented towards the human right to food will rights-holders be in a position to hold duty-bearers accountable for guaranteeing their rights.

  The right to food cannot become a reality at the national level unless rights-holders can hold duty-bearers to account. Accountability empowers rights-holders, and likewise helps duty-bearers to fulfil their responsibilities. It requires properly functioning institutions which enable individuals to obtain remedies for any non-observance of their rights, so that, for instance, marginalized groups can have access to justice to end discriminatory practices. In addition, ratification of international human rights instruments requires states to ensure conformity between their domestic legal systems and their international obligations.

go ALL LAWS AND SUB-LEGISLATION ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
The following list includes all countries that have already adopted legislation on the right to food or on food and nutrition security or sectoral legislation with reference to the right to food. Please click here to retrieve the full texts of the legislation.
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