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Titre : LINKING THE RIGHTS TO FOOD AND LAND IN ETHIOPIA

THE NEED TO REFORM THE RELEVANT LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO ENHANCE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY

Auteur : Tura Husen Ahmed

Université de soutenance : University of Eastern Finland

Grade : Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2020

Résumé partiel
Attaining the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (achieving food and nutrition security by 2030) is one of the most pressing global agendas of our time. The right to food, which is the legal term for food security policy, has been recognised as a human right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other human rights instruments since 1948. In particular, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) enshrines the right to adequate food and the fundamental right to be free from hunger. It obliges state parties to adopt suitable measures, including an appropriate legal framework, to progressively realise economic and social rights to the extent allowed by available resources. Legislative steps per Article 2(1) of the ICESCR that directly or indirectly support the realisation of this right would empower the poor by creating their legal entitlements (claims) and corresponding duties of the state. Legislative measures that a state should adopt in this regard may include ratifying relevant international human rights instruments, constitutionally recognising the right to food, enacting a framework law on the right to food, and/or protecting the right to food via sectoral laws. This thesis critically analyses the legislative protection of the right to food and land rights in Ethiopia. It emphasises the significance of adopting a suitable legal framework on the right to food to enhance food and nutrition security. The thesis seeks to achieve two objectives. First, it examines how the law positively contributes to the progressive realisation of the right to food. Secondly, it seeks to demonstrate how the law itself can be used and abused by an authoritarian state in a manner causing violation of the right to food of smallholders.

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