A new report by Martha Mundy
Discussing the impact of the Coalition bombing campaign on food production and distribution in Yemen.
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famine
Catriona Murdoch
Catriona is a Senior Legal Consultant with Global Rights Compliance, specializing in international human rights, criminal and humanitarian law. Learn more about our new and current Fellows here.
Read moreAccountability for Mass Starvation
Testing the Limits of the Law This project is a collaboration between WPF and Global Rights
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“The Return of Famine?” Conference at Tufts University on May 4, 2018 The Crisis in Yemen: introduction by Greg Gottlieb,
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“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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