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Reconceptualising socioeconomic rights: a case for care ethics (2024)
Journal Article
Morris, K. (online). Reconceptualising socioeconomic rights: a case for care ethics. The International Journal of Human Rights, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2024.2429469

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled, care is ubiquitous, critical for all aspects of daily life. However, equally visible is the deficit in care both within states and on the international level. Care, as both a practice and value, has advanced far... Read More about Reconceptualising socioeconomic rights: a case for care ethics.

Young and Hungry: School Meal Policies and Children's Right to Food in the UK and Ireland (2024)
Journal Article
Morris, K. (2024). Young and Hungry: School Meal Policies and Children's Right to Food in the UK and Ireland. International Journal of Children's Rights, 32, 354–379

This article evaluates school meal policies in the UK and Ireland as a means to ensure the fulfilment of children’s right to food, as protected under international law. It adopts a comparative approach, assessing the varying strategies adopted across... Read More about Young and Hungry: School Meal Policies and Children's Right to Food in the UK and Ireland.

Young and Hungry: School Meal Polices and Children’s Right to Food in the UK and Ireland (2024)
Journal Article
Morris, K. (2024). Young and Hungry: School Meal Polices and Children’s Right to Food in the UK and Ireland. International Journal of Children's Rights, 32(2), 354-379. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-32020003

This article evaluates school meal policies in the UK and Ireland as a means to ensure the fulfilment of children’s right to food, as protected under international law. It adopts a comparative approach, assessing the varying strategies adopted across... Read More about Young and Hungry: School Meal Polices and Children’s Right to Food in the UK and Ireland.

Right to Food Cities: the Role of Local Governments in the Fight against Hunger (2024)
Journal Article
Morris, K. (2024). Right to Food Cities: the Role of Local Governments in the Fight against Hunger. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 16(2), 572-588. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huae010

The state-centric nature of international law has been recognized as a severe barrier to the realization of human rights since the outset and remains a concern today across the globe. However, the dominant space the state has historically occupied wi... Read More about Right to Food Cities: the Role of Local Governments in the Fight against Hunger.

Cultural/Consumer Acceptability: An opportunity for the inclusion of marginalised voices in the realisation of the right to food (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morris, K. (2023, December). Cultural/Consumer Acceptability: An opportunity for the inclusion of marginalised voices in the realisation of the right to food. Presented at UGENT Human Rights Research Network, 'The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Rethinking and Constructing its Future Together', Ghent University, Belgium

Vulnerability, Care Ethics and the Protection of Socioeconomic Rights via Article 3 ECHR (2023)
Journal Article
Morris, K. A. (2023). Vulnerability, Care Ethics and the Protection of Socioeconomic Rights via Article 3 ECHR. Human Rights Law Review, 23(4), Article ngad028. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngad028

Vulnerability analysis serves a distinct purpose within adjudication of Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights, in that it has been used by the European Court of Human Rights to lower the threshold for a finding of ill-treatment from wh... Read More about Vulnerability, Care Ethics and the Protection of Socioeconomic Rights via Article 3 ECHR.

Food oppression in the United Kingdom: A study of structural race and income-based food access inequalities (2023)
Journal Article
Morris, K. (2023). Food oppression in the United Kingdom: A study of structural race and income-based food access inequalities. Journal of Human Rights, 22(5), 697-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2023.2259423

In 2007, Freeman pioneered the phrase “food oppression” to capture the state’s perpetuation of socioeconomic and racial disparities in nutrient consumption and diet-related diseases in the United States. Amid an increasing awareness of the impact of... Read More about Food oppression in the United Kingdom: A study of structural race and income-based food access inequalities.

Rethinking children's right to food through Tronto's political theory of care (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morris, K. (2023, December). Rethinking children's right to food through Tronto's political theory of care. Presented at Siracusa Second Doctoral Seminar on International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law, Siracusa International Institute, Sicily

Faces of Hunger: An Intersectional Approach to Children's Right to Food in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Morris, K. (2022). Faces of Hunger: An Intersectional Approach to Children's Right to Food in the UK. Journal of Law and Society, 49(4), 726-752. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12397

This article explores the extent to which the right to food is currently enjoyed by children within the United Kingdom (UK) using image analysis of the food parcels received by children eligible for free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. It... Read More about Faces of Hunger: An Intersectional Approach to Children's Right to Food in the UK.