THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A HUMAN RIGHT IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY

THE LESSONS FROM JOSUÉ DE CASTRO FOR COMBATING HUNGER

Abstract

The present work aims to study the right to food in the face of hunger as a problem of worldwide and international concern. With specific objectives, we intend to conduct a study on the species and natures of the right to food - both the right to be free from hunger and the right to adequate food as a prerequisite for addressing food insecurity - drawing on the studies of Josué Castro and his pioneering discussion of hunger and lack of food as a political and social problem for all, from an analysis context of the Brazilian situation in the early twentieth century. Thus, we hope to demonstrate that the right to food should be recognized as a human right within the framework of international treaties and conventions, using the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a benchmark, in order to recognize food as a foundational right of the international order in its legal-nutritional categories for combating hunger and food insecurity.