ABSTRACT
Biraj Patnaik, from India’s Right to Food Campaign, is quoted as saying that “the guidelines set the stage for a global discourse on the right to adequate food (RtAF). The Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) bloc is seen to embody a change in global power relations, viewed by some as a move away from the neoliberal ideology cultivated by the West, World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Civil society participation can be seen to have enhanced the progress of the human rights system within Brazil, India and South Africa, working within a democratic environment. In Brazil and South Africa particularly, democratisation was an important development in allowing any form of space for social dialogue. Russia and China are distinct both for their lack of participation and inclusion, and their heavy handiness against any form of intrusion or protest.
