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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494723703321

Autore

Hutter Simone

Titolo

Starvation as a weapon : domestic policies of deliberate starvation as a means to an end under Internatioal Law / / by Simone Hutter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Nijhoff

c2015

ISBN

90-04-28857-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

International humanitarian law series, , 1389-6776 ; ; v. 46

Disciplina

341.766

Soggetti

Right to food

State crimes

Starvation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Zurich, 2014.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / Editors Starvation as a Weapon -- Introduction -- General Standards against Deliberate Starvation: The Right to Food and to Humanitarian Assistance -- Relevant Normative Frameworks -- Prohibition of Deliberate Starvation -- Situations of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law -- Application of International Humanitarian Law -- Prohibition of Deliberate Starvation -- Two Frameworks as a Starting Position -- Harmonisation -- Food for Thought -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Starvation as a Weapon Simone Hutter explores, within the framework of international law, the legality of using deliberate starvation as a means to an end. A close look at modern famine shows that, in many cases, food scarcity is not the product of coincidence, but a side effect or result of a deliberate strategy. Starvation is an efficient instrument when used to exert pressure and power, in times of war and peace. Simone Hutter demonstrates how international human rights law and international humanitarian law prevent deliberate starvation as a means of achieving political goals. She focuses on highly divisive and under-discussed instances in which states deploy deliberate starvation domestically, id est within the state’s own national territory.