The Right to Food for Refugees: What the Law Says and What Needs to Change | Zenodo Skip to main Communities My dashboard Log in Sign up Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies (JCARM) Published April 10, 2026 | Version v1 Journal article Open The Right to Food for Refugees: What the Law Says and What Needs to Change Authors/Creators Mudadi Saidi 1 Show affiliations 1.
Forced To Flee Research and Policy Officer Description Every person, regardless of where they were born or what country they live in, has the right to food. This is not a new idea it has been written into international law for decades. Yet for millions of refugees living in camps like Kakuma in Kenya, this right remains out of reach. This paper looks at the laws that protect refugees' right to food, how those laws apply in Kenya, and why there is still a big gap between what the law promises and what refugees actually experience. It also offers clear, practical recommendations to United Nations agencies on how to close this gap and make the right to food a lived reality for all refugees. Notes Copyright © 2026 by the authors. | Repository URL: https://journal.jcarm.in/index.php/home/issue/archive | Development Status: Active Files The Right to Food for Refugees What the Law Says a.pdf Files (320.6 kB) Name Size Download all The Right to Food for Refugees What the Law Says a.pdf md5:0eb6b9640ca5fb1d650f2274001c5cd1 320.6 kB Preview Download Additional details References Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 (United Nations, 1948) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 11 (United Nations, 1966) Convention on the Rights of the Child, Articles 22, 24, 28 (United Nations, 1989) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Article 12 (United Nations, 1979) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Articles 25–28 (United Nations, 2006) 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Article 23 (United Nations, 1951) 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (United Nations, 1967) OAU Convention Governing Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (Organization of African Unity, 1969) African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Articles 4, 5, 12, 17 (African Union, 1981) Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Food (FAO, 2004) UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants, Article 15 (United Nations, 2018) Kenya Refugees Act, 2021 Sections 16–27 Constitution of Kenya, 2010 Articles 21, 27, 28, 43 © 2026 by the authors. Submitted for possible open access publication under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ ). 24 Views 17 Downloads Show more details All versions This version Views Total views 24 24 Downloads Total downloads 17 17 Data volume Total data volume 5.5 MB 5.5 MB More info on how stats are collected.... Versions External resources Indexed in OpenAIRE Communities Keywords and subjects Keywords Refugees Right to Food International Law Kenya Human Rights Food Security Details DOI DOI Badge DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19684437 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19684437) reStructuredText .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19684437.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19684437 HTML <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19684437"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19684437.svg" alt="DOI"></a> Image URL https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19684437.svg Target URL https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19684437 Resource type Journal article Publisher Ivory and Finch Publishers Published in The Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies (JCARM), 1(2), 1194-1203, 2026. Languages English Rights License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International The Creative Commons Attribution license allows re-distribution and re-use of a licensed work on the condition that the creator is appropriately credited. Read more Citation Export Technical metadata Created April 21, 2026 Modified April 21, 2026 Jump up About About Policies Infrastructure Principles Projects Roadmap Contact Blog Blog Support Help FAQ Developers REST API OAI-PMH Contribute GitHub Donate Funded by Powered by CERN Data Centre & InvenioRDM Status Privacy policy Cookie policy Terms of Use This site uses cookies. Find out more on how we use cookies Accept all cookies Accept only essential cookies