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Starvation as a weapon : domestic policies of deliberate starvation as a means to an end under Internatioal Law /
In Starvation as a Weapon Simone Hutter explores, within the framework of international law, the legality of using deliberate starvation as a means to an end. A close look at modern famine shows that, in many cases, food scarcity is not the product of coincidence, but a side effect or result of a de...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill Nijhoff,
[2015]
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| Colección: | International humanitarian law series ;
v. 46. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Starvation as a Weapon Simone Hutter explores, within the framework of international law, the legality of using deliberate starvation as a means to an end. A close look at modern famine shows that, in many cases, food scarcity is not the product of coincidence, but a side effect or result of a deliberate strategy. Starvation is an efficient instrument when used to exert pressure and power, in times of war and peace. Simone Hutter demonstrates how international human rights law and international humanitarian law prevent deliberate starvation as a means of achieving political goals. She focuses on highly divisive and under-discussed instances in which states deploy deliberate starvation domestically, id est within the state's own national territory. |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Zurich, 2014. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 305 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004288570 9789004288560 9004288562 9789004288577 |
| ISSN: | 1389-6776 ; |