Video of Panel Four
“The Return of Famine?” Conference at Tufts University on May 4, 2018 The Crisis in Yemen: introduction by Greg Gottlieb,
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Videos of Panel Three
“The Return of Famine?” Conference at Tufts University on May 4, 2018 The Politics and Law of Starvation: introduction by
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“The Return of Famine?” Conference at Tufts University on May 4, 2018 Challenges of Humanitarian Action: presentations by Erin Boyd,
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“The Return of Famine?” Conference at Tufts University on May 4, 2018 Why has famine returned? Presentations by Dan Maxwell,
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Can we prosecute starvation?
Published in partnership with Global Rights Compliance, this paper addresses what law might apply and what evidence would be required to pursue prosecution.
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The Return of Famine
Friday, May 4, 2018
9:00am – 5:30pm
Drawing on Tufts University’s distinguished record of scholarship and public engagement on the subject of famine, this conference will bring together faculty and researchers from across the University, in conversation with outside experts. Panels will address why famine has returned, today’s humanitarian challenges, legal and political issues related to criminalizing famine, and the most pressing famine of today, Yemen.
Sign our statement on ending famine
We invite you to join us in signing a statement on ending famine, which was drafted by a group of
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Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine
Mass Starvation upcoming book events for 2018
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Famine Research
The future famine?
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This is the second half of a two part extended version of an essay published in the London Review of Books
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