This article was originally published by Fair Planet on 5 March 2023 and was authored by Robert Bociaga. The Fair Planet article can be accessed here. Experts are pushing for the recognition of deliberate starvation in a conflict as a distinct crime, believing it...
First of its kind investigation reveals use of starvation as a deliberate ‘method of warfare’ by South Sudan Government fuelling Africa’s largest refugee crisis To read the full report, click here. Findings: First of its kind investigation by...
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...
On 6 October 2020, in a first for any UN Panel, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (UNCHRSS) released a trailblazing report dedicated to assessment of the use of starvation as a method of warfare. In it, the Commission noted the existence of...
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan have released their 2020 report which significantly highlights the deliberate starvation of civilians. In a press release, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan says "Millions of South Sudanese civilians have...
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...
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,...
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...
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...