الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 27: "Health Care, food, water and social security. - 
(1) Everyone has the right to have access to-
(b) sufficient food and water;
(2) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rights."

Article 28: "Children. - 
(1) Every child has the right-
(c) to basic nutrition, shelter, basic health care services and social services.”

Article 35: "Arrested, detained and accused persons.-
“(2) Everyone who is detained, including every sentenced prisoner, has the right-
(e) to conditions of detention that are consistent with human dignity, including at least exercise and the provision, at state expense, of adequate accommodation, nutrition, reading material and medical treatment.”

الوضع الوطني للالتزامات الدولية

Article 232: “Customary international law is law in the Republic unless it is inconsistent with the Constitution or an Act of Parliament.”

Article 233: “When interpreting any legislation, every court must prefer any reasonable interpretation of the legislation that is consistent with international law over any alternative interpretation that is inconsistent with international law.”

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

Article 1: “The Republic of South Africa is one, sovereign, democratic state founded on the following values:
(a) Human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms.”

Article 7(2): “The state must respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights in the Bill of Rights.”

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 47 : "The right to health and to [a] secure food supply is guaranteed. The law specifies the fundamental principles and the rules of organization for public health and [a] secure food supply."

الوضع الوطني للالتزامات الدولية

Article 215 : "The international treaties and agreements, regularly concluded, have, on their publication, an authority superior to that of the laws, under reserve for each treaty and agreement, of its the application by the other party."

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

Article 36.2 : "The State guarantees the right to work, protection against unemployment and an equitable and satisfactory remuneration, assuring the worker as well as his family of an existence in accordance with human dignity, together with all the other means of social protection, notably retirement pension[s] and life annuities."

Article 58 : "All Congolese have the right to enjoy the national wealth. The State has the duty to redistribute it equitably and to guarantee the right to development."

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 47:  

“(1) The State shall be bound to take actions aimed at ensuring to every person and to his/her family a decent standard of living, health protection and welfare including food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and the necessary social services.”

الوضع الوطني للالتزامات الدولية

Article 4: 
“(1) Constitutional provisions for human rights and freedoms shall be understood and implemented in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and with other conventions and treaties endorsed by the Republic of Moldova.
(2) Wherever disagreements appear between conventions and treaties signed by the Republic of Moldova and her own national laws, priority shall be given to international regulations.”

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

Article 37(1): “Every human being has the right to live in an environment that is ecologically safe for life and health, to obtain healthy food products and harmless household appliances.” 

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 77: Right to food and water. - "Every person has the right to- (a) safe, clean and potable water; and (b) sufficient food; and the State must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to achieve the progressive realisation of this right.”

Article 81(1): “Every child, that is to say every boy and girl under the age of eighteen years, has the right –
(f) to education, health care services, nutrition and shelter.”

Article 50.5: "[...] (d) right to conditions of detention that are consistent with human dignity, including the opportunity for physical exercise and the provision, at State expense, of adequate accommodation, ablution facilities, personal hygiene, nutrition, appropriate reading material and medical treatment)."

المبادئ التوجيهية لسياسة الدولة

Article 289: "Principles guiding policy on agricultural land In order to redress the unjust and unfair pattern of land ownership that was brought about by colonialism, and to bring about land reform and the equitable access by all Zimbabweans to the country's natural resources, policies regarding agricultural land must be guided by the following principles-- (e) the use of agricultural land should promote food security, good health and nutrition and generate employment, while protecting and conserving the environment for future generations.”

Article 19 (2): “The State must adopt reasonable policies and measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to ensure that children – 

(b) have shelter and basic nutrition, health care and social services.”

الوضع الوطني للالتزامات الدولية

Article 326: “1. Customary international law is part of the law of Zimbabwe, unless it is inconsistent with this Constitution or an Act of Parliament. 2. When interpreting legislation, every court and tribunal must adopt any reasonable interpretation of the legislation that is consistent with customary international law applicable in Zimbabwe, in preference to an alternative interpretation inconsistent with that law.”

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

Article 3 (1): “Zimbabwe is founded on respect for the following values and principles – 
(c) fundamental human rights and freedoms.” 

Article 11: “The State must take all practical measures to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in Chapter 4 and to promote their full realisation and fulfillment.”

Article 15: “The State must – 
(a) encourage people to grow and store adequate food; 
(b) secure the establishment of adequate food reserves; and 
(c) encourage and promote adequate and proper nutrition through mass education and other appropriate means.” 

Article 21 (2): “The State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must endeavour, within the limits of the resources available to them 
(b) to provide facilities, food and social care for elderly persons who are in need.”

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 24: “The state shall take care of the creation of conditions in which an optimal satisfaction of the basic needs for work, food, health care, education, energy, clothing and communication is obtained.”

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

Article 4: “The concern of the State is aimed at:
b. A Secured means of livelihood for the entire nation”

Article 6: “The social objectives of the State shall aim at:
a. The identification of the potentialities for development of the own natural environment and the enlarging of the capacities to ever more expand those potentialities; b. Guaranteeing the participation of the community in the political life among other ways through national, regional and sectoral participation; c. Guaranteeing a government policy aimed at raising the standard of living and of well-being of the society, based upon social justice, the integral and balanced development of State and society; d. An equitable distribution of the national income, directed towards a fair distribution of well-being and wealth over all strata of the population; e. Regional spreading of public utilities and economic activities; f. The improvement of codetermination by the employees in companies and production units in the taking of decisions about production, economic development and planning; g. Creating and improving the conditions necessary for the protection of nature and for the preservation of the ecological balance.”

Article 36:
“1. Everyone shall have a right to health.
2. The State shall promote the general health care by systematic improvement of living and working conditions and shall give information on the protection of health.”

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 40.1: “Every person in Guyana is entitled to the basic right to a happy, creative and productive life, free from hunger, disease, ignorance and want.”

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 51: “Protection of [the] Minors and [of] the Elderly - The State will protect the physical, mental, and moral health of the minors of age and of the elderly. It will guarantee to them their right to food, health, education, and security and social prevision.” 

المبادئ التوجيهية لسياسة الدولة

Article 99: “Feeding and Nutrition. - The State will see to it that the food and the nutrition of the population meet the minimum health requirements. The specialized institutions of the State must coordinate their actions among themselves or with [the] international organs dedicated to health, [in order] to achieve an effective national food system..” 

الوضع الوطني للالتزامات الدولية

Article 46: “Preeminence of [the] International Law. - The general principle that within matters of human rights, the treaties and agreements approved and ratified by Guatemala, have preeminence over the internal law[,] is established.” 

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

Artículo 94: “The State will see to the health and the social assistance of all the inhabitants. It will develop, through its institutions, actions of prevention, promotion, recovery, rehabilitation, coordination and those complementary ones [that are] appropriate in order to procure [for them] the most complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing..” 

Artículo 102: “The minimum social rights that form the basis of the labor legislation and the activity of the tribunals and [the] authorities [are]: 
a) 1.The right to the free choice of work and the satisfactory economic conditions that guarantee a dignified existence for the worker and his [or her] family.”

Artículo 119: “The following are the fundamental obligations of the State:
d. 4.To see to the raising of the standard of living of all the inhabitants of the country, securing the wellbeing of the family.”

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 36: "Right to adequate foodand water:
(1) The State must take reasonable measures within its available resources to achieve the progressive realisation of the right of every person to be free from hunger, to have adequate food of acceptable quality and to clean and safe water in adequate quantities.
(2) In applying any right under this section, if the State claims that it does not have the resources to implement the right, it is the responsibility of the State to show that the resources are not available.”

Article 41: "Rights of children:
(1) Every child has the right— 

(b) to basic nutrition, clothing, shelter, sanitation and health care.”

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Article 43.(1): “Every person has the right:
(c) to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food of acceptable quality

(d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities."”

Article 53.(1): “Every child has the right:
(c) to basic nutrition, shelter and health care.”

الوضع الوطني للالتزامات الدولية

Article 2.(5): "The general rules of international law shall form part of the law of Kenya."

Article 2.(6): “Any treaty or convention ratified by Kenya shall form part of the law of Kenya under this Constitution.”

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

Article 21: 
“(1) It is a fundamental duty of the State and every State organ to observe, respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights and fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights.
(2) The State shall take legislative, policy and other measures, including the setting of standards, to achieve the progressive realization of the rights guaranteed under Article 43.
(4) The State shall enact and implement legislation to fulfil its international obligations in respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

الحماية الواضحة للحق في الغذاء الكافي

Artículo 77: "Todas las personas tienen derecho a la alimentación sana y adecuada. El Estado crea las condiciones para fortalecer la seguridad alimentaria de toda la población."

الوضع الوطني للالتزامات الدولية

Artículo 8: "Lo prescrito en los tratados internacionales en vigor para la República de Cuba forma parte o se integra, según corresponda, al ordenamiento jurídico nacional. La Constitución de la República de Cuba prima sobre estos tratados internacionales."