Bibliographic Information on Right to Food

                                   

 INTRODUCTION

 

 

          National Human Rights Commission Library, New Delhi has Compiled and consolidated information from various sources on “Right to Food” to help the users in literature survey of printed and electronic material available in the Library of the Commission and many important Libraries of Delhi, and Internet.  

 

   This Bibliography is available in the following form:-

 

(A)   Centre/States Acts and Rules on Right to Food.

 

(B)   International/Regional Instruments.

 

(C)  Judgements of Supreme Court on Right to Food.

 

(D)  National Human Rights Commission, India (NHRC).

 

(i)  Measures to Prevent Deaths Due to Starvation: Orissa (Case No.  37/3/97/- LD) See Annual Report, 1998-1999, p 91

(ii) Core Group on Right to Food See Annual Report, 2003-2004, p 220-21

(iii) Review of Food Safety and Standard Bill, 2005 See Annual Report 2004-2005, p 188

(iv) National Human Rights Commission, India, New Delhi: International Round table on National Institutions Implementing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Nov 29-Dec, 2005, New Delhi: Report of the Proceedings. http://nhrc.nic.in/Publications/escr.pdf

 

NHRC Annual Reports – Containing information on Right to Food  http://nhrc.nic.in

 

  1995-1996

Chapt 3. Para 3.36 Civil Liberties.      

Page-19

 

  1996-1997

Chapt 2. Para 2.14 India at fifty:   Redeeming the pledge.

 

p-6

 

 

Chapt 6. Para 6.2 Promotion of Human

Rights Literacy and Awareness.    

 

p-45

 

Chapt 12. Para 12.5 Concluding   Observation.      

 

p-88

  1997-1998

Chapt 2. Para 2.2&2.4(III) Strengthening

the Commission’s Capabilities.

     

p-3-4

 

Chapt 14. Illustrative Cases

Case No IV: Measures to Prevent Deaths by Starvation in Orissa.

       

p-54

  1998-1999

Chapt 2. Looking Back and forging Ahead. Para 2.16 Food Scarcity and Starvation in Koraput–Bolangir-Kalahandi.          

 

p-7

 

 

 

Chapt 16. (c) Illustrative Cases

Case No. 23 Measures to Prevent Deaths due to Starvation: Orissa.

[Case No 37/3/97/-LD]

 

p-91

 

Annexure: Practice Direction No. 12

 

p-105

  1999-2000

Chapt 6. (B) (6.4-6.10) Dispensation of Relief to the Orissa by Cyclone Affected.

 

p-50-52

  2000-2001

Chapt 14 (36) Complaint before the Commission Measures to Prevent Deaths due to starvation: Orissa.

[Case No.37/3/97-LD]

 

p-165

  2001-2002

Chapt 10. Promotion of Human Rights Literacy and Awareness.

Para 10.29 Publications & the Media.   

     

p-126-27

 

Chapt13. Complaint before Commission

Para 33 (i-vii) Measure to Prevent Death due to Starvation: Orissa.

[Case No 36/3/97-LD]      

 

p-204-07

  2002-2003

Chapt 2. (C) (4) Para 2.28 Three “Unfreedoms” Hunger, illiteracy and Early death.     

  

p-18-19

 

Chapt 13. Complaint before the Commission  

    

 

 

Para 13.126 Measure to prevent Death due to Starvation: Orissa.

 

p-197

 

Para 13.127 - 128  Right to Food

 

p-198

 

Annexure -18 Extract from Proceedings of the Commission held on 17.01.2003 in relation to allegation of Starvation Deaths in KBK District of Orissa.      

 

p-332-37

  2003-2004

Chapt 8.149-156 (I) Right to Food     

 

p-119-21

 

Chapt 15.204 Measure to Prevent Death due to Starvation: Orissa.

[Case No. 37/3/97-LD (FC)]     

 

p-217-218

 

Chapt 16.5 Core Group on Right to Food      

 

p-220-21

 

Annexure-10 Statement of Chairperson, NHRC to the 59th Session of the Commission on Human Rights, Geneva April 2003

    

p-288-89

 

 

 

 

  2004-2005

Chapt4.145, 159,160 Complaints before the Commission.  

Para 4.254 Measures to Prevent Death due to Starvation: Orissa

   

p-51,55-58

 

 

 

p-79

 

Chapt 4.188 - 4.189 Reference received from Supreme Court/High Courts.

      

p-67-68

 

Chapt 6. Food Security       

 

p-93-98

 

Chapt 17 A  Review of laws

Para  17 A (4) Para 17.12 - 7.13 Food Safety and Standard Bill, 2005     

 

p-188

  2005-2006

Chapt 4. Civil and Political Rights.

4 (i) (52-53) Starvation Death 

  

p-82-84

 

Chapt 7 Rights to Food     

 

p-121-124

 

Chapt 17  Review of Laws

Para 17 A 2: Food safety and Standard Bill, 2005      

 

p-205-206

  2006-2007

Chapt 4  Civil and Political Right Cases

Para 4.263-4, 4.266     

 

p-71

 

Chapt 7  Rights to food

 

p-105-106

 

Annexure - 15 Report Presented by

Hon’ble Dr. Justice Shivaraj V. Patil, Member, NHRC at Fiji, 2006

Rights to Food       

 

p-290

 

  

(A)   Books on Right to Food.

 

(B)   Articles on Right to Food.

  

          In addition to indexing of information, bibliography provides Website addresses for the Full Text available on Central Legislation, Conventions/Instruments, Supreme Court Judgements & Orders on Right to Food and Annual Reports/Documents/Cases of National Human Rights Commission, India available on Internet.