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State Food Crimes

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann held the position of Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights at Wilfrid Laurier University from 2003 to 2016. Since 1993 she has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, which awarded her the John William Dawson Medal for Interdisciplinary Research in 2013. She was named a Distinguished Scholar of Human Rights by the Human Rights Sections of the International Studies Association and the American Political Science Association, in 2013 and 2006 respectively. Earlier books include Can Globalization Promote Human Rights? (2010), Reparations to Africa (2008), Compassionate Canadians: Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights (2003) and Human Rights and the Search for Community (1995). Klappentext Discusses government policies that cause malnutrition or starvation in North Korea, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and the West Bank and Gaza. Zusammenfassung Some governments' policies cause malnutrition or starvation! denying the human right to food. This book describes historical and contemporary cases of state food crimes! especially in North Korea! Zimbabwe! Venezuela! and the West Bank/Gaza! and analyses how international law! sanctions! food aid! and civil and political rights affect that right. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction and Background: 1. State food crimes; 2. Communist famines; 3. Democracies and famines; Part II. Contemporary Case Studies: 4. North Korea; 5. Zimbabwe; 6. Venezuela; 7. The West Bank and Gaza; Part III. Implications for the International Human Right to Food: 8. International law and the right to food; 9. Sticks and carrots: sanctions and food aid; 10. Interdependent human rights; 11. Liberal democracies and the right to food; 12. A new international treaty on the right to food; References.

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