Equatorial Guinea
The Constitution of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea does not explicitly guarantee the right to adequate food.
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea has become a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1987 by way of accession.
CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITIONS OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
National status of international obligations
Artículo 8: “El Estado ecuatoguineano acata los principios del Derecho Internacional y reafirma su adhesión a los derechos y obligaciones que emanan de las Organizaciones y Organismos Internacionales a los que se ha adherido.”
Other pertinent provisions for the realization of the right to adequate food
Artículo 26.1: “El trabajo es un derecho y un deber social […]. El Estado promueve las condiciones económicas y sociales para hacer desaparecer la pobreza, la miseria, y asegura con igualdad a los ciudadanos de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial las posibilidades de una ocupación útil que les permita no estar acosados por la necesidad.”
Artículo 13.1: "Todo ciudadano goza de los siguientes derechos y libertades: a) El respeto a su persona, su vida, su integridad personal, su dignidad y su pleno desenvolvimiento material y moral. "
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – 1966
Status: Accession (1987)
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – 1979
Status: Accession (1984)
Legislation and policies recognizing the right to adequate food
Considering that the human right to adequate food can be implemented through a variety of legal and policy actions, we invite you to visit the FAOLEX Country Profile database for a wide-ranging collection of measures that have been taken at national level. Some of the documents you may find are legislation and policies that touch on a number of relevant Guidelines, such as those on Access to resources and assets (Guideline 8), Food safety and consumer protection (Guideline 9), Support for vulnerable groups (Guideline 13) and Natural and human-made disasters (Guideline 16).