The right to food in situations of armed conflict: The legal framework

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[For Burma, the most relevant section is that dealing with non-international armed conflict]. "War is one of the primary obstacles to realization of the right of all people to have adequate food. This article examines the relevant provisions, belonging to human rights law or international humanitarian law, of the various international law treaties The author concludes that the body of rules codified by the instruments of international humanitarian law in force today are sufficient to ensure adequate food for persons affected by armed conflict. Unlike the human rights treaties, the humanitarian law conventions do not create subjective rights for the persons concerned, but binding obligations for States."...R?sum? de l?article: "La guerre est l?un des obstacles majeurs ? la r?alisation du droit de chacun ? une alimentation ad?quate. Cet article examine les dispositions pertinentes des diff?rents trait?s de droit international, qu?elles appartiennent au droit des droits de l?homme ou au droit international humanitaire. L?auteur conclut que les instruments de droit international humanitaire en vigueur ont codifi? un corps de r?gles suffisant pour assurer une alimentation ad?quate aux personnes touch?es par un conflit arm?. Contrairement aux trait?s relatifs aux droits de l?homme, les conventions de droit humanitaire ne cr?ent pas des droits subjectifs pour les personnes concern?es, mais des obli-gations qui lient les ?tats."

Creator/author: 

Jelena Pejic

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ICRC: International Review of the Red Cross No. 844, p. 1097-1110.

Date of Publication: 

2001-12-31

Date of entry: 

2010-11-29

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English

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