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Protection of the civilian population and the prohibition of starvation as a method of warfare: Draft texts on International humanitarian assistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Peter Macalister-Smith
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Armed conflict is often accompanied or followed by the outbreak of famine. The legal foundations of global humanitarian policy for dealing with famine are reviewed in this article, with special attention to conflict situations and their aftermath. The existing law is examined first, and then recent proposals in the form of drafts and expert studies which seek to develop legal instruments or policy relating to international humanitarian assistance are considered.

Type
Special Health Protection and Medical Assistance in Disaster Situations
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 31 , Special Issue 284: Health Protection and Medical Assistance in Disaster Situations , October 1991 , pp. 440 - 459
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1991

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References

1 Commentary on the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, Eds. Y. Sandoz, C. Swinarski and B. Zimmermann, ICRC, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Geneva, 1987, paras. 4790–4813, pp. 1455–1460.

2 Ibid., paras. 1895–1896, p. 606.

3 GC: Geneva Convention; AP: Additional Protocol.

4 See United Nations Doc. E/4994, Annex III, 13 May 1971.

5 See United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2816 (XXVI), para. 8 (e).

6 See United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/101 of 14 December 1990.