Reading the right to food into the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : Africa's regional developments
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Date
2004
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ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa
Abstract
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Charter) of 1981 is the principal regional instrument protecting human and
peoples’ rights in Africa. It incorporates a wide range of socio-economic rights, including the rights to property, to work under favourable conditions and equal pay for equal work, to health, to education, family rights and the right to self-determination.
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Right to food, African Charter, Socio-economic Rights, African Commission
Citation
Mbazira, C. (2004). 'Reading the right to food into the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : Africa's regional developments'. ESR Review, 5(1): 5-7