The right to food has been recognized in Art. 25(1), Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, and further elaborated in Art. 11(1), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 (ICESCR). 1 Art. 11(2), ICESCR, refers also to the right to be free from hunger, which is...

The breakdown in the negotiations for the adoption of multilateral competition rules through the WTO in 2003 is most commonly attributed to the opposition voiced by developing and least-developed countries who were suspicious of attempts to facilitate market access and permit possible...