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The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--Universiity of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/72653 The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Hansungule, Michelo u17313458@tuks.co.za Mussagy, Lor Ibraimo UCTD Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--Universiity of Pretoria, 2019. The right to food is a fundamental right for children; it is an enabler of many other children’s rights including the most sacrosanct, their right to life. Without adequate food, there can be no life, good health, nor development for children. The violation of this right has a detrimental impact on them, they are often left motherless or even lose their precious and innocent lives because of the lack of adequate food. The human rights society try to fight against the encroachment of this right by compelling governments to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the right to food for their children, but in practice, the contrary remains the case. The most disappointing issue is the way states ratify international human rights treaties, and subsequently lay their provisions aside contributing nothing to the improvement of society. It is concerning to see countries such as Mozambique, rich in natural resources, with access to water and an abundance of land still being affected by chronic hunger and starvation. This is one of the factors that prompted this research. The main objective of the study is to conduct a conceptual critique on the applicability of the Convention on the Rights of the Child towards the fulfilment of children's' rights to food in Mozambique. Further, the study provides recommendations derived from the findings of the research. The study finally concludes that Mozambique is not compliant with international and regional human rights law obligations as far as protection, and realisation of the right to food for children is concerned. As state party to the CRC Mozambique is obliged to domesticate the provisions of the right to food for children at a national level and take all measures possible to ensure the fulfilment of this fundamental right for children. The state has a responsibility to reduce the infant mortality rate and increase life expectancy in the country through the adoption of measures that alleviate poverty, malnutrition, corruption and all the causes of starvation in the country. Centre for Human Rights MPhil Unrestricted 2019-12-13T08:07:19Z 2019-12-13T08:07:19Z 19/09/05 2019 Mini Dissertation Mussagy, LI 2019, The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, MPhil Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72653> S2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72653 © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
| title | The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
| title_full | The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
| title_fullStr | The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
| title_full_unstemmed | The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
| title_short | The right to food in Mozambique : a conceptual critique on the applicability of the UN Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
| title_sort | right to food in mozambique a conceptual critique on the applicability of the un convention on economic social and cultural rights |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72653 |