Child Hunger and Human Rights by Apodaca, Clair -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Routledge research in human rights Contents Illustrations

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Acknowledgments Acronyms and abbreviations Introduction

Child malnutrition Method of investigation Plan of the book Why child hunger and malnutrition?

1 Child hunger and the rights-based approach

Child hunger2 Food as a human right Child hunger as a human rights violation A rights-based approach to child hunger Human rights obligations

State obligations Extraterritorial obligations of foreign states Obligations of international governmental organizations Obligations of multinational corporations

Conclusion

2 A note on methods

Estimation strategy Limitations of the study The dependent variable Independent variables used in the analyses

Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6

3 A state’s obligation toward the child’s right to food

State obligations for the right to food To the maximum of available resources Progressive realization Non-discrimination and the best interests of the child Giving first call to children in state budgeting and finance

Independent variables for government budget and policies

Government spending on defense Government spending on education Government spending on health

Results

State obligation to facilitate provision of agricultural infrastructure

The independent variables of agricultural infrastructure

Cereal yield Paved roads Food importation Access to improved or safe water and sanitation Agricultural employment Workers’ rights

Results

Conclusion

4 The international community’s obligations under the human right to food

Transnational obligations Through international assistance and cooperation Obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill Conditionality of cooperation Extraterritorial obligations and the global partnership

Independent variables for donor states obligations

Bilateral economic aid Food aid US military aid Trade Debt forgiveness

Results

Conclusion

Intergovernmental obligations

International financial institutions The United Nations Security Council The World Trade Organization (WTO)

The impact of IGO activities on the child’s right to food

Independent variables for IGO activities

World Bank lending IMF lending Debt relief Trade Market access Sanctions

Results

Conclusion

6 Transnational obligations of multinational corporations1

Historical attempts to regulate multinational corporations

Can corporations have human rights obligations? Corporate complicity in human rights abuses Corporations and the right to food Foreign direct investment Corporate responsibility for the fulfillment of the child’s right to food

Independent variables for MNC activities

Foreign direct investment flows Merger and acquisitions (M&A) Mining exports Fuel exports Agricultural exports

Results

Conclusion

7 Conclusion Notes References Index