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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818471703321

Autore

Apodaca Clair <1956->

Titolo

Child hunger and human rights [[electronic resource] ] : international governance / / Clair Apodaca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon ; ; N.Y., : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-99481-5

1-282-58961-X

9786612589614

0-203-85504-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in human rights

Disciplina

362.7

Soggetti

Children's rights

Hunger - Moral and ethical aspects

Hunger - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Child hunger and the rights- based approach; 2 A note on methods; 3 A state's obligation toward the child's right to food; 4 The international community's obligations under the human right to food; 5 The duties of intergovernmental organizations to the child's right to be free from hunger; 6 Transnational obligations of multinational corporations; 7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Child Hunger and Human Rights: International Governance applies the human rights theory of legal obligation to the problem of child malnutrition and investigates whether duty-bearers have fulfilled their obligations to protect, respect and provide.This book includes moral, economic, political and legal components to the research on the child's right to be free from hunger. Using two methods of investigation; the first a historical comparative method based on the systematic analysis of the content of historical materials, government documents, policy statements, state budgets