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19/10/2020
Amid Covid-19 resurgence, lockdowns in Europe, group urges UK education chief to extend free school meals
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The resurgence of Covid-19 in Europe is expected to cause more local lockdowns and the worsening of hunger and poverty among the continent’s most impoverished, including millions of children in the United Kingdom. Amid the October school break and the coming Christmas holidays, these children will likely suffer from starvation as calls for the government to extend free school meals continue to fall on deaf ears.
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Non discrimination
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Human Rights Act
Equality Act 2010
Protected Characteristics are:
- Age
- Transsexuality
- Sexual orientation and civil status
- Being pregnant or maternity leave [gender]
- Race including color, nationality, ethnic or national origin
- Religion, belief or lack of religion/ belief
- Sex
Where you are protected:
- At work
- Education
- Consumer
- Public services
- Buying/ renting property
- clubs
[1] http://www.legislationline.org/topics/country/53/topic/84
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Outcomes
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People’s Sovereignty over natural resources
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Privatized varieties may be used to breed new ones.
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Privatized Seeds
- Can harvest them again on their own farm with restrictions
- Can’t harvest and exchange them/ give them as a gift
- Can’t sell them
- Restriction of these seeds may be set by contract
- Farmers can only buy certified, registered or catalogued seeds
Difficult to access non industrial seeds
- Using loopholes to force a law to change
- Mainly in relation to the acquisition of cereals.
- These loophole schemes→ they can license rather than sell seeds.
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Fungicides and Bactericides:5842.96
Herbicides: 7676.52
Insecticides: 716.54
There was a steep plunge in the usage of fungicides in 2005.
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Political Participation for the Right to Food
Participation is one of the fundamental human rights principles, requiring that everyone has the right to participate in making decisions that affect them. In order to ensure that those most affected by violations to the right to food and nutrition participate in political processes, it is essential to have the legal and policy infrastructure within national frameworks, as well as the participatory spaces that give meaningful space for participation.
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Legal Recognition of the Right to Food and Nutrition
Is Right to Food recognized in the legal system Read moreDoes not explicitly guarantee the right to adequate food.
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National Food Security Policy
Is there a national food security policy with implementation/action? Read moreFood Security paper by the house of commons published in 2012. [1]
State of British government on food security. Freer trade rather than subsidy for domestic production.
Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-f...
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