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GRC’s Felicity Mumford exchanges with Sec of State Hillary Clinton on conflict and hunger
We are delighted to be working with Felicity Mulford, one of this year’s five talented Hilary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges Scholars at Swansea University. Felicity will be joining GRC’s starvation team, with the focus of her research on the impact of sanctions...
South Sudan Transitional Government approves formation of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan
GRC welcomes the long-awaited decision of South Sudan’s Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity to approve the creation of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS) in accordance with Chapter V of the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the...
Starvation-related Sanctions Digests – January 2021
GRC is proud to announce publication of its UN, EU and US Sanctions Digests. These unique Digests outline relevant country-based UN, EU and US sanctions measures dealing with starvation, objects indispensable to survival, and humanitarian access-related issues...
US designation of the Houthis as a Terrorist Organisation
On 10 January 2021, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a statement of intent to designate Ansarallah (the Houthis) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under section 219 of the US Immigration and Nationality Act. The group, along with three of its...
Starvation Jurisprudence Digest – December 2020
GRC’s unique starvation digest has been updated! This digest is essential for practitioners seeking jurisprudence on how courts and accountability bodies have investigated and prosecuted starvation. The Digest will be updated regularly and can be accessed...
The Netherlands accepts Starvation Amendment: One Year On
GRC congratulates the Netherlands on their recent acceptance of the Rome Statute amendment extending the application of starvation as a war crime to non-international armed conflicts (NIAC), in line with customary international law and international consensus. The...
Phase II underway: GRC is proud to launch the second phase of its ground-breaking project, Accountability for Mass Starvation: UNSC 2417 Implementation Mechanisms
Global Rights Compliance (“GRC”), with the generous support of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is proud to announce the start of Phase II of its Accountability for Mass Starvation Project: UNSC 2417 Implementation Mechanisms. The Project seeks to...
New Zealand becomes the first State Party to ratify the Starvation Amendment to reflect that Starvation is a war crime in all conflict situations
GRC congratulates New Zealand on becoming the first State to ratify the Rome Statute amendment extending the application of starvation as a war crime to non-international armed conflicts (NIAC), in line with customary international law and international consensus....
Nobel Prize adds momentum to the movement to end Starvation Crimes
Award granted to World Food Programme today signals that using starvation as a weapon of war is no longer tolerable. Boston, MA/The Hague, The Netherlands – October 9, 2020 – Global Rights Compliance (GRC) and the World Peace Foundation (WPF) at The Fletcher...