Abstract

This paper is an exploratory study that focuses on disabilities rights to food in the wake of COVID-19 Pandemic. Notwithstanding that freedom from hunger is a human right, one in every ten disable persons in the world today is mired in hunger in the light of COVID-19 Pandemic. This paper therefore sets out to examine how international and domestic legal commitments on right to food can address the standard of living of this specific group of persons. It is against this background that the paper examines the current discourse on the right to food in line with the incessant complaints by persons with disabilities for an adequate standard of living. Employing qualitative and analytical approaches, the paper observes that current international human rights praxis lean in favour of institutionalizing a domestic legal regime which will recognize the key aspects of the right to food, including an effective procedure for enforcing the rights. The paper among other things concludes that adopting a domestic legislative framework on the disabilities rights to food will be a good starting point in the quest for an adequate standard of living for persons with disabilities in the face of COVID-19 Pandemic.