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Accountability for mass starvation testing the limits of the law

Title
Accountability for mass starvation [electronic resource] : testing the limits of the law / edited by Bridget Conley, Alex de Waal, Catriona Murdoch, and Wayne Jordash QC.
Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022.

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Additional Authors
  • Conley, Bridget.
  • De Waal, Alex.
  • Murdoch, Catriona.
  • Jordash, Wayne.
Description
1 online resource (xxxv, 453 pages)
Series Statement
Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law
Uniform Title
  • Accountability for mass starvation (Online)
  • Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law.
Subject
  • Crimes against humanity (International law)
  • Right to food
  • Famines
  • Humanitarian law
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-443) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
1. Introduction : rendering starvation unthinkable-preventing and punishing starvation crimes / Bridget Conley, Alex de Waal, Catriona Murdoch, and Wayne Jordash QC -- Part I. The historical and conceptual context -- 2. What is starvation? / Bridget Conley and Alex de Waal -- 3. Social nutrition and accountability for mass starvation / Susanne Jaspars -- 4. 'An unprosecuted crime' / Bridget Conley, Randle DeFalco, Senai Abraha, and Alex de Waal -- Part II. The law -- 5. A comprehensive review of existing IHL and ICL as it relates to starvation / Wayne Jordash QC, Catriona Murdoch, and Joe Holmes -- 6. 'The right to food in armed conflict' / Simone Hutter -- Part III. The case for prosecutions today -- 7. 'Not never again, but next time' : armed conflict and mass starvation in South Sudan 2013-2019 / Chris Newton -- 8. Starvation as strategy in the Syrian armed conflict : siege, deprivation, and detention / Mohammad Kanfash and Ali Aljasem -- 9. 'Once we control them, we will feed them' : mass starvation in Yemen / Aditya Sarkar -- 10. Prosecution of starvation in South Sudan / Wayne Jordash QC and Uzay Yasar Aysev -- Part IV. Broader perspectives -- 11. Humanitarian challenges and implications for famine early warning systems / Daniel Maxwell -- 12. Sanctions as a mechanism for accountability for starvation crimes / Benjamin J. Spatz, Oliver Windridge, and Catriona Murdoch -- 13. Sex, gender, and mass starvation / Dyan Mazurana, Bridget Conley, and Kinsey Spears -- 14. Reporting famine / Jane Ferguson -- 15. Truth, memory, and starvation / Alex de Waal -- Bibliography -- Index.
LCCN
2022938194
OCLC
ssj0002812217
Title
Accountability for mass starvation [electronic resource] : testing the limits of the law / edited by Bridget Conley, Alex de Waal, Catriona Murdoch, and Wayne Jordash QC.
Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
Series
Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law
Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-443) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Conley, Bridget.
De Waal, Alex.
Murdoch, Catriona.
Jordash, Wayne.
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