1. Introduction
2. Food, human rights, democracy and beyond
3. A historical background of the right to adequate food and the Right to Food Guidelines
4. United yet unique : the BRICS
5. Reporting on the right to food guidelines : the use and usefulness of CESCR periodic reporting within right to adequate food realisation
6. Implementation of guideline 1 of the Right to Food Guidelines by the BRICS : an evaluation
7. Assessing the policy-making capabilities of the right to food guidelines : how it upholds and undermines right to adequate food realisation
8. Democracy from below.