Global Obligations for the Right to Food

George Kent is professor of political science at the University of Hawaii and he is the author of several books, including Freedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food and Children in the International Political Economy.

• 1 Preface2 Chapter One: Global Obligations3 Chapter Two: Extraterritorial Obligations: A Response to Globalization4 Chapter Three: International Legal Dimensions of the Right to Food5 Chapter Four: Holding Corporations Accountable in Relation to the Right to Food6 Chapter Five: International Legal Obligations for Infants' Right to Food7 Chapter Six: Global Action against Worms, Malaria, and Measles8 Chapter Seven: Public Access to Seeds and the Human Right to Adequate Food9 Chapter Eight: Global Support for School Feeding10 Chapter Nine: Reflections11 Chapter Ten: Recommendations

Global Obligations for the Right to Food offers an in-depth look at the urgent need for global responsibility. In this timely work, George Kent and a collection of experts address issues of corporate accountability, infant rights to food, and public access to seeds. As persistent inequalities lead to increasing levels of under nutrition on the one hand, and a growing pandemic of obesity on the other hand Global Obligations for the Right to Food brings much needed attention to this very complex issue.