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Rätten till mat om skyldigheter, institutioner och matsvinn

Svensson, Emelie LU (2012) MRSK30 20121
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
One third of all food that is globally produced is wasted every year. This essay develops a duty approach to the growing global food waste. Is there a duty not to waste food? The theoretical perspective of this essay is based on the correlative between rights and duties and on Thomas W. Pogge’s theories of global institutional duties. The thesis is that there is a global duty not to contribute to an institutional order in which the right to food is violated. First, the analysis shows that this thesis is supported by international instrument and the rapport of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Secondly, the analysis illustrates how two important policies and treaties from the European Union contribute to the... (More)
One third of all food that is globally produced is wasted every year. This essay develops a duty approach to the growing global food waste. Is there a duty not to waste food? The theoretical perspective of this essay is based on the correlative between rights and duties and on Thomas W. Pogge’s theories of global institutional duties. The thesis is that there is a global duty not to contribute to an institutional order in which the right to food is violated. First, the analysis shows that this thesis is supported by international instrument and the rapport of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Secondly, the analysis illustrates how two important policies and treaties from the European Union contribute to the construction of a global institutional order that violate the right to food. And thirdly the essay comes to the conclusion that food waste is a part of this institutional order and contributes to a global collective violation of the right to food. This essay argues that everybody has a duty not to contribute to an international order that violate human rights; consequently, and in the view of the above, everybody has a duty not to waste food. (Less)
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author
Svensson, Emelie LU
supervisor
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course
MRSK30 20121
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
food waste, the right to food, global institutionell ordning, rätten till mat, skyldigheter, matsvinn, mänskliga rättigheter, human rights
language
Swedish
id
2596604
date added to LUP
2012-09-25 14:24:49
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:39
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  abstract     = {{One third of all food that is globally produced is wasted every year. This essay develops a duty approach to the growing global food waste. Is there a duty not to waste food? The theoretical perspective of this essay is based on the correlative between rights and duties and on Thomas W. Pogge’s theories of global institutional duties. The thesis is that there is a global duty not to contribute to an institutional order in which the right to food is violated. First, the analysis shows that this thesis is supported by international instrument and the rapport of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Secondly, the analysis illustrates how two important policies and treaties from the European Union contribute to the construction of a global institutional order that violate the right to food. And thirdly the essay comes to the conclusion that food waste is a part of this institutional order and contributes to a global collective violation of the right to food. This essay argues that everybody has a duty not to contribute to an international order that violate human rights; consequently, and in the view of the above, everybody has a duty not to waste food.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Rätten till mat om skyldigheter, institutioner och matsvinn}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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