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Indigenous Peoples as Vulnerable Groups in the Process of Realising the Right to Food

Indigenous Peoples as Vulnerable Groups in the Process of Realising the Right to Food INTRODUCTION In inhabiting marginal areas and depending on the sustainability of their traditional livelihoods, indigenous peoples' are especially vulnerable in many respects. Particularly in many developing countries, the subsistence and survival of indigenous peoples are totally dependent on the possibility to carry out traditional livelihoods. Being dependent on traditional livelihoods means that land and its resources are central for the realisation of one of the most basic subsistence rights: the right to food. Have the monitoring bodies involved in the process of reviewing the States Parties' compliance with the right to food taken into account the indigenous peoples' dependency on their lands for subsistence and food security? Can inadequate access to land be seen as a factor of vulnerability, placing indigenous peoples at risk of becoming food insecure? And if so, should protection of access to land and/or the return of lands to communities which have lost access to their traditional territory be part of the implementation process of the right to food? For the purpose of the present study, the process of realising the right to food on the part of indigenous peoples is defined as a process in which the state should undertake effective measures to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights in Development Online Brill

Indigenous Peoples as Vulnerable Groups in the Process of Realising the Right to Food

Human Rights in Development Online , Volume 8 (1): 33 – Jan 1, 2002

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0801-8049
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2211-6087
DOI
10.1163/221160802X00107
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION In inhabiting marginal areas and depending on the sustainability of their traditional livelihoods, indigenous peoples' are especially vulnerable in many respects. Particularly in many developing countries, the subsistence and survival of indigenous peoples are totally dependent on the possibility to carry out traditional livelihoods. Being dependent on traditional livelihoods means that land and its resources are central for the realisation of one of the most basic subsistence rights: the right to food. Have the monitoring bodies involved in the process of reviewing the States Parties' compliance with the right to food taken into account the indigenous peoples' dependency on their lands for subsistence and food security? Can inadequate access to land be seen as a factor of vulnerability, placing indigenous peoples at risk of becoming food insecure? And if so, should protection of access to land and/or the return of lands to communities which have lost access to their traditional territory be part of the implementation process of the right to food? For the purpose of the present study, the process of realising the right to food on the part of indigenous peoples is defined as a process in which the state should undertake effective measures to

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Published: Jan 1, 2002

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