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Update of the Starvation Jurisprudence Digest
GRC’s unique starvation digest has been updated! The updated digest now includes commentary on how starvation crimes and violations relating to the use of objects indispensable to survival in conflict and civil disturbance feature in the: ICC’s Ntaganda Trial...
Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen mandate renewed for a further year
Last week, the Group of Eminent Experts (GEE) for Yemen had its mandate renewed until September 2020. UN Human Rights Council resolution (A/HRC/42/L.16) which extended the mandate, also significantly highlighted the concerns over ‘prevention of access for...
Alex de Waal and Catriona Murdoch featured on Slate
A piece on Slate.com features WPF's Director Alex de Waal and GRC's Senior Legal Consultant Catriona Murdoch. The article focuses on the rise in the intentional use of Starvation as a weapon during armed conflicts, and the difficulties in prosecuting this crime....
Formal Submission to the UN Secretary General on the Swiss Amendment to the Rome Statute on Starvation
The Swiss government has formally submitted a proposal to the UN Secretary-General for the amendment of the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court. In order to express its support, GRC released a new piece where we analyse the activities undertaken to...
Two new reports on Yemen, a comparative analysis
The latest GEE Report on Yemen and the Report on Starvation Policy Brief on Yemen issued GRC and WPF, co-authored by Sama’a Al-Hamdani, are hereby analysed to highlight the findings on the use of starvation as a method of warfare in Yemen. This comparative analysis...
New Policy Brief on Starvation in Yemen
The new 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...
South Sudan, town hall meeting in Juba on Mass Starvation
A town hall meeting with Tong Deng Anei was held in Juba, South Sudan, on the 16th of July at the Institute of Justice and Peace Studies of the Catholic University of Juba. Tong was the lead researcher for the Policy Paper on South Sudan, sponsored by GRC and the...
Catriona Murdoch featured on UK Human Rights Blog
GRC's Senior Legal Consultant Catriona Murdoch was featured in the UK Human Rights Blog of 1 Crown Office Row "The Return of Famines and the Pursuit of Accountability". The blog explores the contours of the crime of starvation and provides for an executive summary...
Damaan Humanitarian Organization featured on The Guardian on a piece on Syria
Damaan Humanitarian Organization, which collaborated with Global Rights Compliance and The World Peace Foundation on the Syrian Policy brief on Mass Starvation (available here) has published an elegant piece picked up by The Guardian on starvation crimes in Syria....