Four important conceptual shifts have occurred in our understanding of under- and malnutrition in recent years. Together, they have led to the emergence of the concept of ‘food and nutrition security’ and to a renewed emphasis not on calorie intake alone, but also on the adequacy of diets...

This paper examines the main questions raised by the accession of the European Union to the Revised European Social Charter, under the new architecture of the Union provided by the Treaty establishing a European Constitution. The paper is divided in five parts. The historical background is...

In the European Union, where the institutions of the Union only may exercisethe powers which are attributed to them by the Member States, theimplementation of fundamental rights essentially takes place at state level.This essay analyses the limits of such a decentralized implementation of...