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Food security and global security - IEEE

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CHAPTER ONETHE HUMAN RIGHT TO FOODAND WATERJulia Gifra <strong>and</strong> Susana BeltránABSTRACT:Eradicating hunger is still the biggest challenge of the internationalcommunity. Hunger is a violation of the right to food, also in relationto the right to water. Any strategy or policy of eradicating hunger<strong>and</strong> fulfill the right to food <strong>and</strong> water should respect the fundamentalnormative content <strong>and</strong> addressing certain recommendations thatemerge from the supervisory bodies of the UN. <strong>Food</strong> <strong>and</strong> water areprimarily human rights.KEY WORDS:Hunger, right to food, right to water.

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