Progress on The Right To Food

Raj — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:17:54 -0600

It's right there in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Article 25 says

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

But who's going to deliver the right to food? As Jeremy Bentham famously observed, the idea of rights without some organisation entrusted to make sure they're delivered is 'nonsense upon stilts'. ... read more »

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Raj — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:30:02 -0700

In the future, this page will help you to find organisations and activists in your area, no matter where you live. And if you're interested in helping the project along (especially if you're a MySQL whizz) do drop a line!

For the moment, US users can Search by Zipcode and visitors from other countries can search by tagged location - Click on Search , choose "Advanced", and scroll down the categories to find the country, region or city you're interested in. ... read more »

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Progress on The Right To Food

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