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This volume explores how famine and mass starvation in our lifetime are the result of man-made policies, and invariably occur during times of armed conflict. It provides expert analysis on defining starvation, early warning systems, gender and mass starvation, the use of sanctions, reporting on, and memory of famine.
List of contents
- 1: Bridget Conley, Alex de Waal, Catriona Murdoch, and Wayne Jordash: Introduction
- Part I: The Historical and Conceptual Context
- 2: Bridget Conley and Alex de Waal: What is Starvation?
- 3: Susanne Jaspars: Social Nutrition and Accountability for Mass Starvation
- 4: Bridget Conley, Randle Defalco, Senai Abraha, and Alex de Waal: 'An Unprosecuted Crime'
- Part II: The Law
- 5: Wayne Jordash, Catriona Murdoch, and Joe Holmes: A Comprehensive Review of Existing IHL and ICL As It Relates to Starvation
- 6: Simone Hutter: The Right to Food in Armed Conflict
- Part III: The Case for Prosecutions Today
- 7: Chris Newton: 'Not Never Again, but Next Time': Armed Conflict and Mass Starvation in South Sudan 2013-2019
- 8: Mohammad Kanfash and Ali Aljasem: Starvation as Strategy in the Syrian Armed Conflict: Siege, Deprivation, and Detention
- 9: Aditya Sarkar: 'Once We Control Them, We Will Feed Them': Mass Starvation in Yemen
- 10: Wayne Jordash and Uzay Yasar Aysev: Prosecution of Starvation in South Sudan
- Part IV: Broader Perspectives
- 11: Dan Maxwell: Humanitarian Challenges and Implications for Famine Early Warning Systems
- 12: Ben Spatz, Catriona Murdoch, and Olivier Windridge: Sanctions as a Mechanism for Accountability for Starvation Crimes
- 13: Dyan Mazurana, Bridget Conley, and Kinsey Spears: Sex, Gender, Age, and Mass Starvation
- 14: Jane Ferguson: Reporting Famine
- 15: Alex de Waal: Truth, Memory, and Victims
About the author
Bridget Conley is Research Director of the World Peace Foundation (WPF) and Associate Research Professor at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Her work focuses on mass atrocities and genocide, memory and violence, and how museums can engage on human rights issues. She previously worked at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, leading the Museum's research and projects on contemporary threats of genocide.
Alex de Waal is Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation, and Research Professor at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He has worked on the Horn of Africa and humanitarian issues since the 1980s as a researcher and practitioner, focusing on famine and humanitarian crises, including the African Union High-Level Panel on Sudan and South Sudan.
Catriona Murdoch is a Partner at Global Rights Compliance (GRC) with expertise on the crime of starvation and accountability for atrocity crimes. At GRC, she manages the strategy to advance accountability for the crime of starvation. In this role, she leads large grant programmes in support of the agenda and provides legal advice to States, UN bodies, and CSOs to assess the legality and accountability prospects of conflict-induced hunger. Separately, in support of GRC's broader conflict work, Catriona provides advice on accountability strategies and works with CSOs to investigate and prosecute international crimes.
Wayne Jordash QC is Managing Partner of Global Rights Compliance, where he advises states and corporations regarding their responsibilities to protect civilians and international law in conflict-affected and high-risk areas. He has worked in all the international courts over the last two decades, representing governments, military and political leaders, and victims. He has represented the Serbia Government at the International Court of Justice, the (post revolution) Libyan Government, the Ukrainian Government, Rohingya, and Sri Lankan Tamils at the International Criminal Court, and the ex-head of the State Security of Serbia at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Summary
This volume explores how famine and mass starvation in our lifetime are the result of man-made policies, and invariably occur during times of armed conflict. It provides expert analysis on defining starvation, early warning systems, gender and mass starvation, the use of sanctions, reporting on, and memory of famine.
