‘Teacher, we are hungry’. The violation of Quilombolas students’ right to adequate food, a case study

International Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages 774-794

  Viana, Roseane do Socorro Gonçalves ^a   Bellows, Anne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enforceability; Human rights violations; Quilombola; Right to adequate food; School feeding program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919710730     PISSN: 13642987     EISSN: 1744053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2014.932773     Document Type: Article

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