Kent, George, 1939-

Freedom from want : the human right to adequate food / George Kent ; foreword by Jean Ziegler. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2005. - xvii, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Advancing human rights series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Food and nutrition -- The international human rights system -- Adequate food is a human right -- Human rights, governance, and law -- Rights/entitlements -- Obligations/commitments -- Accountability mechanisms -- India -- Brazil -- The United States -- Feeding infants -- Feeding infants of HIV-positive mothers -- Water -- Trade -- Refugees -- International humanitarian assistance.

1589010558 (cloth : alk. paper) 1589010566 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Food supply.
Hunger.
Human rights.

HD9000.5 / .K376 2005

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