1st Edition

Child Hunger and Human Rights International Governance

By Clair Apodaca Copyright 2010
192 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Child Hunger and the Rights-Based Approach  3. A State’s Obligation for the Child’s Right to Food  4. The International Community’s Obligations Under the Human Right to Food  5. The Duties of International Financial Institutions to the Child’s Right to be Free from Hunger  6. Transnational Obligations of Multinational Corporations  7. The Investment and Empowerment of Women  8. Hunger in the Developed World  9. Conclusion

Biography

Clair Apodaca is Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Florida International University, USA.