The Right to Food Guidelines, democracy and citizen participation : country case studies / Katharine S. E. Cresswell Riol.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Food, human rights, democracy and beyond -- A historical background of the right to adequate food and the right to food guidelines -- United yet unique : the BRICS -- Reporting on the right to food guidelines : the use and usefulness of CESCR periodic reporting within right to adequate food realisation -- Implementation of guideline 1 of the Right to Food Guidelines by the BRICS : an evaluation -- Assessing the policy-making capabilities of the right to food guidelines : how it upholds and undermines right to adequate food realisation -- Democracy from below.