Ending Childhood Obesity

A Challenge at the Crossroads of International Economic and Human Rights Law

Amandine Garde, Joshua Curtis, Olivier De Schutter (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2020
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78811-401-1 (ISBN)

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This edited book is the first to reflect on childhood obesity as a global legal challenge. It calls for a thorough commitment to human rights in the face of an ascendant global agri-food industry. The book makes an original contribution to the discussion on obesity as it considers both international economic law and human rights law perspectives on the issue whilst also examining the relationship between these two bodies of international law.After highlighting the importance of a human rights-based approach to obesity prevention, this book discusses the relevance of international economic law to the promotion of healthier food environments. It then examines the potential of international human rights law for more effective regulation of the food industry, arguing for better coordination between UN actors and more systematic reliance on human rights tools, including: the best interests of the child principle, human rights due diligence processes, and the imposition of extraterritorial obligations. The concluding chapter reflects on recurring themes and the added value of a WHO Framework Convention on Obesity Prevention.

This book will be of interest to public health scholars, particularly those working on obesity and non-communicable diseases, and those with a broader interest in children's rights, human rights, international trade, investment, consumer or food law and policy. It will also be relevant to policy actors working to improve nutrition and public health globally.

Edited by Amandine Garde, Professor of Law, University of Liverpool, UK, Joshua Curtis, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia and Olivier De Schutter, Professor of Law, Centre for Philosophy of the Law, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Contents:

1 Ending childhood obesity: Introducing the issues and the
legal challenge 1
Amandine Garde, Joshua Curtis and Olivier De Schutter

PART I HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO
CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION
2 International human rights and childhood obesity prevention 30
Sarah A Roache and Oscar A Cabrera
3 The child’s right to health as a tool to end childhood obesity 57
Katharina Ó Cathaoir and Mette Hartlev
4 Human rights, childhood obesity and health inequalities 86
Marine Friant-Perrot and Nikhil Gokani

PART II UTILISING THE SPACE AVAILABLE
FOR REGULATORY MEASURES UNDER
INTERNATONAL ECONOMIC LAW
5 Sugar as commodity or health risk: The unmaking or
remaking of international trade law? 112
Gregory Messenger
6 Using food labelling laws to combat childhood obesity:
Lessons from the EU, the WTO and Codex 138
Caoimhín MacMaoláin
7 Investment protection agreements, regulatory chill, and
national measures on childhood obesity prevention 161
Mavluda Sattorova
8 International trade and childhood obesity: A Caribbean
perspective 185
Nicole Foster

PART III ADDITIONAL TOOLS AVAILABLE UNDER
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
9 Can the United Nations system be mobilized to promote
human rights-based approaches in preventing and ending
childhood obesity? 219
Wenche Barth Eide and Asbjørn Eide
10 Combatting obesogenic commercial practices through the
implementation of the best interests of the child principle 251
Amandine Garde and Seamus Byrne
11 Multinational food corporations and the right to health:
Achieving accountability through mandatory human rights
due diligence? 282
Oliver Bartlett
12 Bridging governance gaps with extraterritorial human
rights obligations: Accessing home State courts to end
childhood obesity 309
Joshua Curtis
13 Overcoming the legal challenge to end childhood obesity:
Pathways towards positive harmonization in law and governance 339
Joshua Curtis and Amandine Garde

Index 370

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Studies in Health and the Law
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
ISBN-10	1-78811-401-9 / 1788114019
ISBN-13	978-1-78811-401-1 / 9781788114011
Zustand	Neuware