A promulgação, pelo Congresso Nacional, da Emenda 64, de minha autoria, incluindo a alimentação entre os direitos sociais da Constituição, teve repercussão internacional. A inserção na Carta Magna deste direito fundamental ao ser humano, passa agora a ser uma obrigação de Estado e não mais uma decisão de governo e vai contribuir para o pleno desenvolvimento de políticas que visem à justiça social.
Organizações mundiais de defesa dos direitos humanos e que trabalham no combate à fome no Planeta, destacaram a decisão brasileira. De acordo com a FIAN, de Heidelberg, Alemanha, a aprovação de minha emenda à Constituição tem “um enorme valor jurídico e político para a concretização do direito à alimentação no Brasil, dado que põe este direito acima das mudanças de governos e reafirma a obrigação do Estado Brasileiro de respeitar, proteger e realizar o direito humano a uma alimentação adequada”.
A FIAN cumprimentou o povo brasileiro “por esta grande conquista, pois ainda que não seja a solução definitiva para erradicar as desigualdades no país, constitui um importante passo na luta contra a pobreza e a fome.”
Esta é a íntegra do informativo “on line” da organização de defesa dos direitos humanos:
Brazilian Congress approves incorporation of the Right to Food to national constitution
Heidelberg, 09.02.2010 - On February 3, 2010, the Brazilian Congress approved the Constitutional Amendment Project (PEC in Portuguese) 047/2003, to incorporate the Right to Food as a fundamental right in the national constitution. The Right to Food will be included in article 6 of Brazil’s supreme law that already contemplates other social rights such as the right to work, health, education, and social security.
The project was first presented by Senator Antônio Carlos Valadares in 2003. As a constitutional amendment requires, it went through a long process of debates in commissions to be approved in two instances in each house of the Congress. The project was also promoted by the on line campaign “Food is a right for all”, supported by FIAN Brazil and other civil society organizations, which collected over 50,000 signatures from people throughout the country.
The Brazilian Constitution recognizes a wide range of economic, social and cultural rights. Since 2003, the country has advanced significantly the legislation regarding the Human Right to Adequate Food with the Organic Law on Food and Nutritional Security, the new law on school feeding, the Food Acquisition Program, among others. By giving constitutional status to the Right to Food, the PEC goes in line with these policies that have contributed to the implementation of the Right to Food and a decrease in poverty in the country, in accordance with the several international human rights instruments ratified by Brazil.
Above all, the incorporation is of great juridical and political relevance to the realization of the Right to Food in Brazil, as it places this human right above changes in government and reaffirms the obligation of the Brazilian State to respect, protect, and fulfill the human right to adequate food.
FIAN compliments the Brazilian Congress and the Brazilian people for this achievement, which, although not the solution to eradicate the problem of widespread poverty and inequality in the country, constitutes an important step in the fight against poverty and hunger. FIAN Secretary General, Flavio Valente, states: ”This is another achievement of the strong Food and Nutritional Security movement in Brazil. The challenge now is to consolidate people’s access to recourse mechanisms and to the justiciability of the right to adequate food in the country”.
More Information at www.fian.org and www.fianbrasil.org.br
Organizações mundiais de defesa dos direitos humanos e que trabalham no combate à fome no Planeta, destacaram a decisão brasileira. De acordo com a FIAN, de Heidelberg, Alemanha, a aprovação de minha emenda à Constituição tem “um enorme valor jurídico e político para a concretização do direito à alimentação no Brasil, dado que põe este direito acima das mudanças de governos e reafirma a obrigação do Estado Brasileiro de respeitar, proteger e realizar o direito humano a uma alimentação adequada”.
A FIAN cumprimentou o povo brasileiro “por esta grande conquista, pois ainda que não seja a solução definitiva para erradicar as desigualdades no país, constitui um importante passo na luta contra a pobreza e a fome.”
Esta é a íntegra do informativo “on line” da organização de defesa dos direitos humanos:
Brazilian Congress approves incorporation of the Right to Food to national constitution
Heidelberg, 09.02.2010 - On February 3, 2010, the Brazilian Congress approved the Constitutional Amendment Project (PEC in Portuguese) 047/2003, to incorporate the Right to Food as a fundamental right in the national constitution. The Right to Food will be included in article 6 of Brazil’s supreme law that already contemplates other social rights such as the right to work, health, education, and social security.
The project was first presented by Senator Antônio Carlos Valadares in 2003. As a constitutional amendment requires, it went through a long process of debates in commissions to be approved in two instances in each house of the Congress. The project was also promoted by the on line campaign “Food is a right for all”, supported by FIAN Brazil and other civil society organizations, which collected over 50,000 signatures from people throughout the country.
The Brazilian Constitution recognizes a wide range of economic, social and cultural rights. Since 2003, the country has advanced significantly the legislation regarding the Human Right to Adequate Food with the Organic Law on Food and Nutritional Security, the new law on school feeding, the Food Acquisition Program, among others. By giving constitutional status to the Right to Food, the PEC goes in line with these policies that have contributed to the implementation of the Right to Food and a decrease in poverty in the country, in accordance with the several international human rights instruments ratified by Brazil.
Above all, the incorporation is of great juridical and political relevance to the realization of the Right to Food in Brazil, as it places this human right above changes in government and reaffirms the obligation of the Brazilian State to respect, protect, and fulfill the human right to adequate food.
FIAN compliments the Brazilian Congress and the Brazilian people for this achievement, which, although not the solution to eradicate the problem of widespread poverty and inequality in the country, constitutes an important step in the fight against poverty and hunger. FIAN Secretary General, Flavio Valente, states: ”This is another achievement of the strong Food and Nutritional Security movement in Brazil. The challenge now is to consolidate people’s access to recourse mechanisms and to the justiciability of the right to adequate food in the country”.
More Information at www.fian.org and www.fianbrasil.org.br
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