2. The Committee has previously considered the growing impact of business activities on the enjoyment of specific Covenant rights relating to health, housing, food, water, social security, the right to work, the right to just and favourable conditions of work and the right to form and join trade unions.
| Year | 2017 |
| Topic | Food policy |
| Document Type | General Recommendations |
| Country | N/A |
| Policy Area | Industry interference |
| Human Rights Comiteee | CESCR |
| Human Rights | Right to health Right to adequate standard of living Right to water Right to adequate food and nutrition |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General comment No. 24 - on State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities, E/C.12/GC/24, (2017), Par. 2. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=E%2fC.12%2fGC%2f24&Lang=en
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