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Mainstreaming the Justiciability Work at National level in Latin America

Publication date: 15-10-2007

Two new documents were launched in the framework of the justiciability work of FIAN: a Handbook for Lawyers and a paper on How to promote the Justiciability of the Right to adequate food in Central America. The Handbook aims to give lawyers instruments at hand for the legal advocacy of cases of violations of the right to food at the national level. It provides them with standards and legal resources on the right to food, concepts around the justiciability of the right to food and on documentation and analysis of violations as well as legal strategies for advocacy work. The book als includes an information service chapter. Arguments and strategies as well as comparative law that can be useful for the justiciability work are presented in the text in a practical manner. The second document is of a more political nature and focuses on Central America, although it contains concepts and ideas useful for other regions as well. It analyses the concepts of justiciability and enforceability (exigibilidad) of ESC-Rights, the relevance and potential of the justiciability to improve the situation of victims of violations, obstacles and challenges for the justiciability in Central America, and the definition of a justiciability strategy based on five different dimensions in the fields of education and training, litigation, lobby work, media and research. Currently these documents are available only in Spanish. More information with Ana-Maria Suarez Franco at suarez-franco@fian.org.