2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………… 2. Aims and Objectives of the Study……………………………….. 3. Methodology of the Study……………………………………….. 4. Situation of Food Security in Bangladesh………………………….. 5. Basic - need Approach to Food……………………………………… 6. Right-based Approach to Food…………………………………….. 7. The Right to Food under International Human Rights Law…….. 8. Linkage between the Right to Food and Other Human Rights…… 9. Defining the Right to Food………………………………………………. 10. Contents of the Right to Food………………………………………… 10.1 Adequacy…………………………………………………………. 10.2 Availability……………………………………………………….. 10.3 Accessibility………………………………………………………. 11. Obligations of a State……………………………………………………. 11.1 Obligation to respect the right to food………………………………… 11.2 Obligation to protect the right to food………………………………… 11.3 Obligation to fulfill the right to food…………………………………. 11.4 Progressive and Immediate Obligation ………………………………. 12. Implementation of the Right to Food at the National Level……………….. 12. 1 Legal and Institutional Framework on the Right to Food……………… 12.2 National Strategies on the Right to Food…………………………… 12. 3 Access to Remedy………………………………………………… 13. Obligation of Non-State Actors…………………………………….. 14. Examples of Constitutional Provisions on the Right to Food……….