Food is a human right recognized in international human rights instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 1966. Although the Constitution of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh does mention the state’s obligation to ensure "provision of the basic necessities of life, including food" in Article 15 (a), as a fundamental principle of state policy, it does not expressly recognize food as a fundamental right.