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Ms. Marsha A. Echols

Ms. Marsha A. Echols
Director of the World Food Law Institute
Professor of Law at Howard University

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Human Rights
Living Standard and Health
The Human Right to Food - Part I
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(13/06/2025, 32 minutes)

The Human Right to Food - Part II
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The Human Right to Food - Part III
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Human Rights
Living Standard and Health

A. Legal Instruments

Charter of the United Nations, San Francisco, 26 June 1945.

Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization, Quebec, 16 October 1945.

Constitution of the World Health Organization, New York, 22 July 1946.

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, Bogotá, 2 May 1948.

Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Paris, 10 December 1948.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Seriesvol. 999, p. 171.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Seriesvol. 993, p. 3.

Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA), 30 November 2018.

B. Jurisprudence

Panel established pursuant to Chapter 31 of the USMCA, Mexico – Measures concerning genetically engineered corn, MEX-USA-2023-31-01, Final report of 20 December 2024.

C. Documents
Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, General Comment 12, Twentieth Session, E/C.12/1999/5, 12 May 1999.

Food and Agriculture Organization, Declaration of the World Food Summit: Five years later, 10-13 June 2002.

Food and Agriculture Organization, Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security, 127th Session of the FAO Council, November 2024.

D. Additional references
Reports by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-food/annual-thematic-reports

Codex Alimentarius database: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/hu/