The RIGHT TO FOOD under ICESCR Article 11 was elaborated in CESCR General Comment No. 12 (1999) as requiring:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. CESCR General Comment No. 12 (1999) elaborates Article 11 ICESCR (right to adequate food).
2. Definition: 'The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its procurement.'
3. THREE CORE ELEMENTS:
4. (i) AVAILABILITY of food in a quantity and quality sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from adverse substances, and acceptable within a given culture;
5. (ii) ACCESSIBILITY of such food in ways that are sustainable and that do not interfere with the enjoyment of other human rights:
6. (a) ECONOMIC accessibility — affordability without compromising essential needs;
7. (b) PHYSICAL accessibility — accessible to all including vulnerable groups;
8. (iii) ADEQUACY — culturally appropriate, sufficient nutritional value.
9. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: International HR Treaties + Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence — CESCR General Comment No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food_
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