Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 453 pages)
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illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:
9780192688156
Serie:
Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law
Inhalt:
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.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editors' Preface -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Rendering Starvation Unthinkable-Preventing and Punishing Starvation Crimes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Indications of Change? -- A. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2417 -- B. Amending the Rome Statute -- C. Investigative and Accountability Mechanisms -- D. Hunger and Peace -- 3. Starvation in Tigray, Ethiopia -- 4. Overview of Chapters -- 5. Conclusion -- Part I The Historical and Conceptual Context -- 2. What is Starvation? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is Famine? -- 3. What is Mass Starvation? -- 4. 'Starvation Crime': Uses and Complications -- A. Purposes of Starvation -- B. Complications and Cross-Purposes -- 5. Conclusion -- 3. Social Nutrition and Accountability for Mass Starvation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts of Social and Medicalized Nutrition -- 3. Evolution of Social Nutrition and Calls for its Revival -- 4. How Can Social Nutrition Strengthen Accountability for Mass Starvation? -- 5. Calamitous Famine and Malnutrition -- A. Famine, Malnutrition, and Mortality -- B. Famine as a Political Act -- 6. Challenges in Using Social Nutrition to Strengthen Accountability for Mass Starvation -- A. Why the Domination of Medicalized Nutrition? -- B. The Challenges of Applying a Social Nutrition Approach -- 7. Social Nutrition and Famine in Context: Somalia -- 8. Conclusions and Way Forward -- 4. 'An Unprosecuted Crime' -- 1. An Unprosecuted Crime -- 2. Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979) -- A. Background -- B. Famine -- C. Prosecutions -- 3. Ethiopia (1983-1985) -- A. Background -- B. Famine and Starvation -- C. Prosecutions -- 4. Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1995) -- A. Background.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780192864734
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780192864734
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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