Incorporating the Right to Food

The Right to Food in International Law

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)– the right to food is enshrined in Article 11 of ICESCR
• Convention on the Rights of the Child– the right to food is laid out in Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights– the right to food is expressed in Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food– an overview of the work of Dr Michael Fakhri, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the right to food

The Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill

• The Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill– as introduced
• The Good Food Nation Bill Explanatory Notes
• The Good Food Nation Bill Policy Memorandum
• The Good Food Nation Bill– a briefing from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe)

The Good Food Nation Bill: Responses to the Call for Views

• Children in Scotland
• Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
• Nourish Scotland
• The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
• Scottish Environment LINK
• Scottish Food Coalition
• Scottish Human Rights Commission

Briefings and Blogs

• Right to Food– an overview on the right from the Scottish Food Coalition
• Right to Food– an overview of the Scottish Human Rights Commission’s latest work to promote the right to food
• The Right to Food Campaign– an overview of Nourish Scotland’s campaign to incorporate the right to food into Scots Law
• Good Food Nation Bill Briefing– a briefing from Nourish Scotland on the Good Food Nation Bill

Right to Food (Scotland) Bill

• Proposed Right to Food (Scotland) Bill: Consultation Document November 2021– the Right to Food (Scotland) Bill was re-proposed by Rhoda Grant MSP after Elaine Smith MSP stood down from her role. A second consultation took place between November 2021 and February 2022
• Proposed Right to Food (Scotland) Bill– as put forward by Elaine Smith MSP, Member for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, June 2020
• Proposed Right to Food (Scotland) Bill – Elaine Smith MSP: Summary of Consultation Responses– a summary of responses submitted to the consultation, which ended in September 2020

Scottish Government

• Good Food Nation policy– the Scottish Government’s current policy on food

Podcasts

• The Food Foundation: Right2Food– a podcast series featuring young people sharing their own experiences with food insecurity, from The Food Foundation
• The FRIED Podcast– a podcast series on the food sector, from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science
• Scotland, a Good Food Nation?– an episode of BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme, discussing the Good Food Nation Bill

Videos

• The Right to Food in Scotland (with BSL)– a video from the Scottish Human Rights Commission, in partnership with Nourish
• FAO Policy Series: Right to Food– a video from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
• Overview on the right to food– a video from Michael Fakhri, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food