10 through which the general public can hold the government accountable for making progress in ending food insecurity.21 Furthermore, a rights-based approach to ensuring adequate food is advantageous on many levels. 22 First, it introduces the well established principles in international human rights law of non- discrimination and equality; second, it supports a number of other basic human rights, such as the right to the highest attainable standard of health; third, it draws attention to the most vulnerable segments of society.23 Recognition of right to food generally entails an important question of its justiciability. Like other economic, social and cultural rights, two arguments are invoked to challenge the justiciability of the right to food. First, it is argued that the right to food and the correlative obligations of States are not clearly formulated, nor precisely defined, precluding, as a consequence, any judicial or quasi-judicial body from determining, in concrete cases whether the right to food had in fact been violated.24 Second, a judicial or quasi-judicial body could not exercise effective oversight of the right to food given its specific nature.25 But these arguments are no longer valid because the right to food and the correlative obligations of States are now clearly set forth in international law. Furthermore, a judicial or quasi-judicial body is also capable of identifying violations of the right to food and ordering all necessary corrective measures.26 The right-based approach to food is now deeply ingrained in international law instruments on food. Realisation of right-based approach requires the state to adopt appropriate law and policy. In 2004 the FAO Council adopted the “Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security”, commonly referred to as the Voluntary Guidelines. These guidelines provide guidance to governments to 21 Ibid Charlotte McClain-Nhlapohttp, ‘Implementing a Human Rights Approach to Food Security’, International Food Policy Research Institute, //www.ana.org.nz/sites/default/files/AfricaImplementing.pdf 23 Ibid. 24 Christophe Golay, ‘The Right to Food and Access to Justice: Examples at the National, Regional and International Levels’, FAO, Rome, 2009, p. 9. 25 Ibid 26 Ibid 22