Accountability for Starvation Crimes: Syria Policy Paper
Nov 15, 2019
Accountability for Starvation: Yemen Policy Paper
The Policy Brief on Starvation in Yemen analyses the economic and military strategies adopted by all parties to the conflict in Yemen which turned the country into the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The paper highlights how famine has been intentionally imposed...
Sep 4, 2019
‘The Crime of Starvation and Methods of Prosecution and Accountability’ Expert Report
GRC launched the first in its Starvation Policy Paper Series. The legal policy paper is the first authoritative assessment of the crime of starvation and methods of accountability. This paper foreshadows the publication of a Starvation Textbook, an edited...
Jun 13, 2019
Submissions to the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen
GRC’s submissions to the GEE outline the elements of starvation as a method of warfare in the context of Yemen and the potential evidentiary challenges that may arise in investigating accountability under this offence. Additionally, GRC provide alternative avenues...
Apr 26, 2019
Latest News
Launch of SCAP and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)’s latest report: “Grain thieves: The network behind the plunder of Ukrainian grain” – Catriona Murdoch
26 May 2025
Russia's invasion and occupation of Ukraine is characterised by industrial-scale state-sponsored theft and robbery. This is particularly evident in the agricultural sector. Russian occupiers have seized land, agricultural infrastructure and millions of tons of grain,...
“Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon” – Sunday Times
26 May 2025
Following the release of the SMJT's new report which reveals the Russian campaign to cripple Ukraine's grain trade and economy, Olha Matskiv, Ukrainian Lawyer part of the SMJT was cited in the Sunday Times. The article "Starvation is Russia's favourite weapon", by...
Investigation: Russia is waging economic war against Ukraine, destroying its agricultural and port infrastructure – Babel
22 May 2025
To read the whole piece on Babel, please follow the link Russian attacks on Ukraineʼs agricultural infrastructure are an economic war, the goal of which the Russians see as the destruction of Ukraineʼs agricultural and export potential through occupation, theft and...




