Katharine S. E. Cresswell Riol is a doctoral student at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has a Master's degree from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, and has previously been employed as an academic writing advisor and freelance writer, as well as working and volunteering for several NGOs in the UK, Australia and Canada.

"Through BRICS country case studies, this book critically assesses how national states and civil society use the Human Right to Adequate Food Guidelines to monitor the realization of democratic food governance under rule of law. Its valuable contribution expands the use of human rights instruments and procedures in the context of research methods as well as social change mechanisms." – Anne C. Bellows, Syracuse University, USA"This timely analysis of the Right to Food Guidelines highlights the importance of the accountability of states and civil society mobilisation in instigating the urgently needed paradigm shift in unjust food systems. Furthermore, the book makes a valuable contribution to how a human rights-based approach can be applied in research." – Stefanie Lemke, Coventry University, UK

• 1. Introduction 2. Food, Human Rights, Democracy and Beyond 3. A historical Background of the Right to Adequate Food and the Right to Food Guidelines 4. United Yet Unique: the BRICS 5. Reporting on the Right to Food Guidelines: the Use and Usefulness of CESCR Periodic Reporting within Right to Adequate Food Realisation 6. Implementation of Guideline 1 of the Right to Food Guidelines by the BRICS: an Evaluation 7. Assessing the Policy-making Capabilities of the Right to Food Guidelines: How it Upholds and Undermines Right to Adequate Food Realisation 8. Democracy From Below

Katharine S. E. Cresswell Riol is a doctoral student at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has a Master's degree from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, and has previously been employed as an academic writing advisor and freelance writer, as well as working and volunteering for several NGOs in the UK, Australia and Canada.

"Through BRICS country case studies, this book critically assesses how national states and civil society use the Human Right to Adequate Food Guidelines to monitor the realization of democratic food governance under rule of law. Its valuable contribution expands the use of human rights instruments and procedures in the context of research methods as well as social change mechanisms." – Anne C. Bellows, Syracuse University, USA"This timely analysis of the Right to Food Guidelines highlights the importance of the accountability of states and civil society mobilisation in instigating the urgently needed paradigm shift in unjust food systems. Furthermore, the book makes a valuable contribution to how a human rights-based approach can be applied in research." – Stefanie Lemke, Coventry University, UK

• 1. Introduction 2. Food, Human Rights, Democracy and Beyond 3. A historical Background of the Right to Adequate Food and the Right to Food Guidelines 4. United Yet Unique: the BRICS 5. Reporting on the Right to Food Guidelines: the Use and Usefulness of CESCR Periodic Reporting within Right to Adequate Food Realisation 6. Implementation of Guideline 1 of the Right to Food Guidelines by the BRICS: an Evaluation 7. Assessing the Policy-making Capabilities of the Right to Food Guidelines: How it Upholds and Undermines Right to Adequate Food Realisation 8. Democracy From Below