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Starvation as a Weapon: Domestic Policies of Deliberate Starvation as a Means to an End under International Law

Starvation as a Weapon: Domestic Policies of Deliberate Starvation as a Means to an End under International Law

Author: Simone Hutter
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004288560
Published In: June 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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, i.e. within the state’s own national territory.

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Introduction

‘Starvation as a Weapon’

Remarks concerning the Approach and the Structure of this Analysis

Part A General Standards against Deliberate Starvation: The Right to Food and to Humanitarian Assistance

Introduction

I. Relevant Normative Frameworks

Legal Establishment of the Right to Food

Restrictions to the Right to Food

II. Prohibition of Deliberate Starvation

Deliberate Starvation Evoked by State Action

Deliberate Starvation Evoked by Insufficient State Protection against Interference by Non-State Actors