Georgia
The Constitution of Georgia does not explicitly guarantee the right to adequate food.
Georgia has become a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1994 by way of accession.
CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITIONS OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
National status of international obligations
Article 6.1: “The Constitution of Georgia shall be the supreme law of the state. All other legal acts shall correspond to the Constitution.
Article 6.2: An international treaty or agreement of Georgia unless it contradicts the Constitution of Georgia, the Constitutional Agreement, shall take precedence over domestic normative acts. (change added by the Constitutional Law of Georgia of 30 March 2001).”
Article 39: “The Constitution of Georgia shall not deny other universally recognised rights, freedoms and guarantees of an individual and a citizen, which are not referred to herein but stem inherently from the principles of the Constitution.”
Other pertinent provisions for the realization of the right to adequate food
Article 7: “The state shall recognise and protect universally recognised human rights and freedoms as eternal and supreme human values. While exercising authority, the people and the state shall be bound by these rights and freedoms as directly acting law.”
Article 32: “The state shall promote the unemployed citizen of Georgia to be employed. The conditions of the provision of a minimum standard of living and the status of the unemployed shall be determined by law.”
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – 1966
Status: Accession (1994)
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – 1979
Status: Accession (1994)
Legislation and policies recognizing the right to adequate food
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).
