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.