Availability: Food should be available in a quantity and quality
sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from adverse
substances, and acceptable within a given culture.
Accessibility: Food should be physically and economically
accessible in ways that do not interfere with the enjoyment of other
human rights.
Sustainability: Food should be secure or accessible for both
present and future generations.
Non-Discrimination: Any discrimination in access to food, as well
as to means and entitlements for its procurement, on the grounds of
race, colour, sex, language, age, religion, political or other opinion,
national or social origin, property, birth or other status constitutes a
violation of the right to food.
7.
Analysis of the complaints
7.1. Framework for legal analysis
7.1.1 In analyzing the factual evidence gathered, against the applicable
legal framework, the ZHRC considered the rights of the villagers to
equal treatment and non-discrimination in distribution of food aid as
set out in Section 56 and Section 77 of the Constitution of
Zimbabwe.
7.1.2 Against the enjoyment of these rights, the ZHRC considered the legal
framework that defines the limitations to the enjoyment of
fundamental rights entrenched in the Declaration of Rights.
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