International Human Rights Laws
The right to food in international law is part of the right to an adequate standard of living, first laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), article 25, and in treaties such as the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 27. The key international provision on the right to food is article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Article 11(1) of ICESCR stipulates
This briefing by the UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM), of which the Commission is a member, provides an overview of key concerns about the lack of government progress in protecting the rights of disabled people in the UK, with a particular focus on the adverse impact of social security reforms on disabled people.
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