The Enforceability of the Human Right to Adequate Food: A Comparative Study

Table of contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 12
Part 1
Introduction, methodology and tertium comparationis......Page 14
1.1 A right for all and a right for each......Page 16
1.2 Research objective and questions......Page 19
1.3 Demarcations, terminology and references......Page 20
1.4 Book structure......Page 23
2.1 Introduction......Page 24
2.2 Comparative law methodology......Page 25
2.3 Purposes of comparative law......Page 26
2.4 Choice of country......Page 29
2.5 The functional method......Page 32
2.6 The constructive move into more detail......Page 45
2.7 Conclusion and structure of the book......Page 52
3.2 The legal development of the concept of ‘right to food’ over time......Page 56
3.3 The right to food in international, regional and domestic human rights systems......Page 61
3.4 The meaning of ‘adequate food’......Page 72
3.5 State obligations regarding the right to food......Page 75
3.6 Conclusion......Page 98
Part 2
The Netherlands......Page 102
4.2 The Dutch Judiciary......Page 104
4.3 Article 11 ICESCR......Page 106
4.4 Article 24 ICRC......Page 112
4.6 Article 27 ICRC......Page 113
4.8 Concluding observations......Page 119
5.2 Qualified monism......Page 122
5.3 Dutch scholars on the meaning of Articles 93 and 94 Constitutional Act......Page 123
5.4 Questions......Page 132
5.5 On parliamentary history/the legislative process......Page 133
5.6 The Constitutional reform of 1953......Page 134
5.7 The Constitutional reform of 1956......Page 144
5.8 The Constitutional reform of 1983......Page 146
5.9 Conclusion......Page 153
6.1 Introduction......Page 158
6.2 Article 11 ICESCR......Page 159
6.3 Article 24 ICRC......Page 161
6.4 Article 26 ICRC......Page 162
6.5 Article 27 ICRC......Page 167
6.6 Article 12 CEDAW......Page 169
6.7 Conclusion......Page 170
7.1 Introduction......Page 172
7.2 The ECHR......Page 173
7.3 The ESC (earliest version)......Page 178
7.4 The ICCPR and the ICESCR......Page 180
7.5 The CEDAW......Page 188
7.6 The ICRC......Page 195
7.7 The European Social Charter (revised version)......Page 207
7.8 Conclusion......Page 211
8.1 Introduction......Page 214
8.2 The direct applicability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in general......Page 215
8.3 The railway-strike ruling......Page 216
8.4 The Parliamentary History concerning Article 6 (4) ESH......Page 217
8.5 The Parliamentary History concerning Article 8 ICESCR......Page 223
8.6 Conclusion......Page 225
9.1 Introduction......Page 228
9.2 The ICESCR reports......Page 229
9.3 The ICRC reports......Page 250
9.4 The CEDAW reports and the right to food......Page 257
9.5 The Universal Periodic Review......Page 269
9.6 Concluding remarks......Page 271
10.3 The right to food invoked in the Dutch Courts......Page 272
10.4 The Dutch position with regard to the right to food......Page 273
10.5 The direct applicability of economic, social and cultural rights in the Netherlands......Page 274
10.6 Comparing the legal practice with the reporting behaviour......Page 275
Part 3
Belgium......Page 278
11.2 The Belgian Legislature......Page 280
11.3 The Belgian legislative process......Page 281
11.4 The Belgian Judiciary......Page 283
11.5 Belgian monism......Page 294
11.6 Concluding remarks......Page 295
12.1 Introduction......Page 296
12.2 The Council for Aliens Disputes......Page 297
12.3 The Council of State......Page 301
12.4 The Court of Cassation......Page 307
12.5 The Constitutional Court......Page 311
12.6 Concluding remarks......Page 342
13.2 The ICESCR reports......Page 346
13.3 The ICRC reports......Page 368
13.4 The CEDAW reports......Page 395
13.6 Concluding remarks......Page 400
14.2 The legal practice of Belgium regarding the enforceability of the rights of the child......Page 404
14.3 The reporting behaviour of Belgium on the enforceability of the right to adequate food......Page 405
14.4 Comparing the legal practice with the reporting behaviour......Page 406
Part 4
Conclusions and recommendations......Page 408
15.2 Dutch and Belgian monism compared......Page 410
15.3 Dutch and Belgian case law compared......Page 413
15.4 The Dutch and Belgian reports compared......Page 416
15.5 The enforceability of the right to food in the Netherlands and Belgium in view of the UN human rights system......Page 417
15.6 Some comparative considerations......Page 419
15.7 Concluding remarks......Page 420
16.2 Belgium......Page 422
16.3 The Committees of the UN......Page 423
16.4 Legal comparists......Page 424
Bibliography......Page 426
Summary......Page 458
About the author......Page 470