Luxembourg
The Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg does not explicitly guarantee the right to adequate food.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has become a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1983 by way of ratification. It has ratified the Optional Protocol (OP-ICESCR) in 2015.
CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITIONS OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
National status of international obligations
Article 37: "Le Grand-Duc fait les traités. Les traités n’auront d’effet avant d’avoir été approuvés par la loi et publiés dans les formes prévues pour la publication des lois."
Article 49bis: "L’exercice d’attributions réservées par la Constitution aux pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire peut être temporairement dévolu par traité à des institutions de droit international."
Other pertinent provisions for the realization of the right to adequate food
Article 11(5): "La loi règle quant à ses principes la sécurité sociale, la protection de la santé, les droits des travailleurs, la lutte contre la pauvreté et l’intégration sociale des citoyens atteints d’un handicap."
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – 1966
Status: Ratification (1983)
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – 1979
Status: Ratification (1989)
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) – 2008
Status: Ratification (2015)
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).