A/HRC/43/44/Add.2 Annex Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food on her visit to Zimbabwe Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. General overview ............................................................................................................................. 3 A. Historical and political context ................................................................................................ 4 B. Economic and financial situation ............................................................................................. 4 Legal and policy framework on the right to food ............................................................................. 5 A. International and regional levels ........................................................................................... 5 B. National level ........................................................................................................................ 6 III. IV. V. VI. VII. 2 Normative content of the right to food ............................................................................................. 8 A. Availability ........................................................................................................................... 8 B. Accessibility ......................................................................................................................... 10 C. Adequacy: acute malnutrition ............................................................................................... 11 D. Sustainability ........................................................................................................................ 12 Structural obstacles to the realization of the right to food ................................................................ 13 A. Agriculture and land system ................................................................................................. 13 B. Economic sanctions and conditionalities .............................................................................. 15 C. Partisan distribution of food ................................................................................................. 16 Population groups requiring special attention .................................................................................. 16 A. Farm workers ........................................................................................................................ 16 B. Women and children ............................................................................................................. 17 Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................................................. 18