The Project
Since 2017, Global Rights Compliance (‘GRC’) has been working with a range of state and non-state partners to advance the prevention and prohibition of, as well as accountability for, mass starvation and associated violations. Our collective determination is to make mass starvation morally toxic and drive this objective on multiple planes.
Our approach is based on the understanding that to contribute optimally and in a sustainable manner to the protection of citizens, a focus on prevention alone is insufficient. Action to enhance prohibition and accountability must also be taken and it must form part of an integrated and holistic program of awareness and reform relating to starvation as a violation of international law.
RESOURCES
Law
An overview of the main international criminal, humanitarian and human rights law provisions related to starvation
Mass Starvation Expert Report
The first authoritative assessment of accountability for mass starvation as a violation of International Law
Starvation Training Manual
A resource to assist with matters related to starvation and pursuing accountability for starvation violations
Publications
A range of publications from our experts on the topic of starvation
LATEST Story in Focus
Story in Focus: Alejandro Ruiz
Alejandro Ruiz is an experienced developer and a co-founder of the cooperatively owned engineering firm Interstitial Technology, which focuses on human rights, environmental sustainability, and open source projects. He has designed systems that handle sensitive data, big data, and everything in between. In 2022, in collaboration with GRC’s Daphne Yuqing Liu and Prachiti Venkatraman, Interstitial helped create GRC’s Starvation Accountability mobile app. Q1: Can you tell us a little about yourself and the founding of Interstitial Technology? I graduated from MIT in 2011 and have worked in...
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GRC Partner Catriona Murdoch lecture at King’s College on the Weaponisation of Food in Ukraine
The lecture titled ‘The Weaponisation of Food in Ukraine’ took place at King’s College. This lecture discussed the prohibition of the use of deliberate starvation, why it has not been prosecuted before, and how the Starvation Mobile Justice Team have been investigating its use in Ukraine and previously in Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and Tigray, Ethiopia. Speaker: Catriona Murdoch, partner at...
Atlantic Council – Putin has been accused of starving civilians as a warfare tactic. Will the ICC agree?
This article was originally published by the Atlantic Council on 30 November 2023 and was authored by Alana Mitias and Celeste Kmiotek. The original article is available, here. On November 16, international human rights law firm Global Rights Compliance (GRC) released a report alleging that, months prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces engaged in a “highly...
NEW REPORT ‘Agriculture Weaponised – the Illegal Seizure and Extraction of Ukrainian Grain by Russia’
(English, followed by Ukrainian) New report reveals Russian pre-planning to pillage over $1billion of Ukrainian grain per year to fund its illegal invasion Collected evidence indicates Russia’s detailed and expansive plan to steal 12,000-tonnes-a-day of grain and fill Russian war chest with profits. Download the report ‘Agriculture Weaponised – the Illegal Seizure and Extraction of Ukrainian...