Notion of Food Availability Availability “refers to the possibilities either for feeding oneself directly from productive land or other Dietary needs Free from adverse substances Cultural or consumer acceptability natural resources, or for well functioning distribution, processing and market systems that can move food from the site of production to where it is needed in accordance with 196 demand.” “implies that the diet as a whole contains a mix of nutrients for physical and mental growth, development and maintenance, and physical activity that are in compliance with human physiological needs at all stages throughout the life cycle and according to gender and 197 occupation.” “sets requirements for food safety and for a range of protective measures by both public and private means to prevent contamination of foodstuffs through adulteration and/or through bad environmental hygiene or inappropriate handling at different stages throughout the food 198 chain”. “implies the need also to take into account, as far as possible, perceived non nutrient-based values attached to food and food consumption and informed consumer concerns regarding 199 the nature of accessible food supplies.” Notion of Food Accessibility “implies that personal or household financial costs associated with the acquisition of food for Economic Accessibility an adequate diet should be at a level such that the attainment and satisfaction of other basic 200 Physical Accessibility needs are not threatened or compromised.” “implies that adequate food must be accessible to everyone, including physically vulnerable individuals, such as infants and young children, elderly people, the physically disabled, the 201 terminally ill and persons with persistent medical problems, including the mentally ill.” Right to Adequate Housing The right to adequate housing is protected in several international human rights instruments.202 It is most comprehensively enshrined under Article 11 of the ICESCR as an element of the right to an adequate standard of living.203 The CESCR has concluded that “the right to housing should not be interpreted in a narrow or restrictive sense which equates it with, for example, the shelter provided by merely having a roof over one’s head or views shelter exclusively as a commodity,” but rather that “it should be seen as the right to live somewhere in security, peace and dignity.”204 In this regard, the CESCR has emphasized the link between the right to housing and other human rights and principles enshrined in the ICESCR, finding that the right to housing should therefore be “ensured to all persons irrespective of income or access to economic resources.”205 The CESCR has thus interpreted the right to housing as including the security of tenure; protection against forced evictions; availability of services, materials, facilities and infrastructure; affordability; habitability; accessibility; location and cultural adequacy.206 This right finds support in many international documents. The UDHR states that “Everyone has the right to a standard of living […] including […] housing” (art. 25). Similarly, the European Social Charter contains an engagement by States to guarantee an “effective exercise of the right to housing” (art. 31).207 States have also extensively supported the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement:208 they were noted as being widely used by the Security Council in 2000209 and were the object of the Commission on Human Rights210 and of the UN General Assembly’s “appreciation” in 2004.211 Generally speaking, these principles affirm individuals’ right to be protected from forced displacement from their homes (art. 5- 56