Mali
The Constitution of the Republic of Mali does not explicitly guarantee the right to adequate food.
The Republic of Mali has become a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1974 by way of accession. It has signed the Optional Protocol (OP-ICESCR) in 2009, but has not ratified it yet.
CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITIONS OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
National status of international obligations
Article 116: "Treaties or agreements regularly approved or ratified shall have, from their publication, an authority superior to that of laws, under the reservation for each treaty or agreement of application by the other party.."
Other pertinent provisions for the realization of the right to adequate food
Article 17: "Education, instruction, formation, work, housing, leisure, health, and social protection shall constitute recognized rights."
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – 1966
Status: Accession (1974)
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – 1979
Status: Ratification (1985)
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).