Starvation Case Studies

International armed conflict (2014 – ) Estimated starvation-related casualties: Undetermined The conflict in Ukraine began in February 2014 when Russian forces invaded and occupied Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. In April, a non-international armed conflict commenced...

Jul 19, 2022

Starvation Case Studies Yemen

Yemen

Non-international armed conflict (2014 – ) Estimated starvation-related casualties: 131,000 to 1 December 2020 Yemen’s most recent conflict began in September of 2014, when the Houthi armed group—aligned with former president Ali Abdulla Saleh—forcibly took control...

Jun 19, 2022

Starvation Case Studies Ethiopia

Ethiopia (Tigray)

Non-international armed conflict (2020 – ) Estimated starvation-related casualties: between 150,000 and 200,000 to 13 March 2022 Estimated number persons in need of humanitarian assistance: 9,4 million across Amhara, Afar and Tigray as of May 2022 Violence erupted...

Jun 19, 2022

Starvation Case Studies Syria

Syria

Non-international armed conflict (2011 – ) International armed conflict (2014 – ) Estimated number persons in need of humanitarian assistance: 14,6 million in 2022 Hostilities in Syria can be traced back to March 2011 as a wave of non-violent popular protests...

Jun 18, 2022

Starvation Case Studies South Sudan

South Sudan

Non-international armed conflict (2013-) Estimated number persons in need of humanitarian assistance: 8,9 million as of March 2022 Less than three years after gaining its independence in 2011, a civil war erupted in South Sudan in December 2013. Fighting followed...

Jun 18, 2022

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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...

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