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Country: | Austria |
Review date: | 2015-12-14 |
HR TREATIES | |
ICESCR: |
Valid since: 1978-09-10 |
ICESCR AND OP-ICESCR: | |
CONSTITUTION | |
Constitution of country: | Federal Constitutional Law of Austria. Last amended date: 2020. Date of original text: 1 October 1920. Faolex No.: LEX-FAOC117068 |
National status of international obligations: | Article 9. “(1) The generally recognized rules of international law are regarded as integral parts of Federal law.” |
Explicit constitutional provision on the right to food: | |
Implicit constitutional provision on the right to food through a broader right: | |
Explicit provisions on food or nutrition as a goal or directive principle of State policy within the constitutional order: | |
Other relevant constitutional provisions: | |
LEGISLATION | |
Food security framework law with right to food or human rights based approach: | |
Food security law with right to food or human rights based approach: | |
Food security laws seeking to address different aspects of food security (availability, accessibility, utilization, stability) even if there is no strong institutional coordination mechanisms provided or mention of the right to food: | |
Food security framework laws establishing also an institutional framework but that doesn’t mention the right to food or human rights: | |
Government or ministerial decrees establishing a coordination framework for food security which also contains provisions on human right based approaches or the right to food: | |
Other relevant legislation or texts: |
Federal Constitutional Act on sustainability, animal welfare, comprehensive environment protection, granting of water and food supply, research. Last amended date: 31 July 2019. Date of original text: 11 July 2013. Faolex No.: LEX-FAOC125712 AMA-Act 1992. Last amended date: 2014. Date of original text: 30 June 1992. Faolex No.: LEX-FAOC125141 |
SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
Record identifier: | RTF-000055 |
Date of entry: | 2017-03-27 |
Initials - entry: | far |
Date of last modification: | 2017-05-12 |
Initials - modify: | far |
Record status: | C |