Development of Extraterritorial Obligations in the Right to Food

Friday 1^st March, 2024

In this presentation, Professor Jun Matsukuma developed a theory of extraterritorial obligations regarding the right to food. He examined various studies of the U. N. Special Rapporteurs, relevant treaties concerning the extraterritorial obligations of the right to food, and prospects for crystallization of customary international law. The presentation put forward the perspective of extraterritorial obligations as a positive legal norm.