Child Rights as a Basis for the Regulation of Food Marketing: The Role of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

TY - GEN

T1 - Child Rights as a Basis for the Regulation of Food Marketing

T2 - The Role of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

AU - Ó Cathaoir, Katharina Eva

PY - 2016/11/1

Y1 - 2016/11/1

N2 - This chapter analyses the extent to which the rights to health and food under the crc can guide the restriction of marketing of high fat, salt or sugar (hfss) foods to children. hfss food marketing is considered problematic as it is a contributory factor to increasingly high levels of obesity in Europe and beyond. Recent advances in digital technology raise new challenges, calling for an innovative approach, with experiences in the eu, including the uk and Sweden, highlighting the complexity of regulation. The author analyses the approach of the crc Committee, the Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food and Health, the who and civil society with a view to establishing a 'child rights' approach to hfss marketing. In light of the neglect of this issue and the crc Committee's unique position, it is recommended that the Committee take an active role in emphasising hfss marketing as a rights concern that is contrary to the child's rights to health and food, and best interests. Framing freedom from hfss marketing as a right has the potential to transform this public health issue into a legal responsibility that requires action from States Parties.

AB - This chapter analyses the extent to which the rights to health and food under the crc can guide the restriction of marketing of high fat, salt or sugar (hfss) foods to children. hfss food marketing is considered problematic as it is a contributory factor to increasingly high levels of obesity in Europe and beyond. Recent advances in digital technology raise new challenges, calling for an innovative approach, with experiences in the eu, including the uk and Sweden, highlighting the complexity of regulation. The author analyses the approach of the crc Committee, the Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food and Health, the who and civil society with a view to establishing a 'child rights' approach to hfss marketing. In light of the neglect of this issue and the crc Committee's unique position, it is recommended that the Committee take an active role in emphasising hfss marketing as a rights concern that is contrary to the child's rights to health and food, and best interests. Framing freedom from hfss marketing as a right has the potential to transform this public health issue into a legal responsibility that requires action from States Parties.

UR - http://www.brill.com/products/book/united-nations-convention-rights-child

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 978-90-04-29504-9

SP - 564

EP - 588

BT - The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

A2 - Liefaard, Ton

A2 - Sloth-Nielsen, Julia

PB - Brill

CY - Leiden - Boston

ER -