State food crimes

by Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.

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Title Statements

Full title :State food crimes / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann ...

Summary

La 4e de couverture indique : "Some states deny their own citizens one of the most fundamental human rights: the right to food. Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, a leading scholar of human rights, discusses state food crimes, demonstrating how governments have introduced policies that cause malnutrition or starvation among their citizens and others for whom they are responsible. The book introduces the right to food and discusses historical cases (communist famines in Ukraine, China and Cambodia, and neglect of starvation by democratic states in Ireland, Germany and Canada). It then moves to a detailed discussion of four contemporary cases: starvation in North Korea, and malnutrition in Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and the West Bank and Gaza. These cases are then used to analyse international human rights law, sanctions and food aid, and civil and political rights as they pertain to the right to food. The book concludes by considering the need for a new international treaty on the right to food."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 v. (XI-270 p.) : : couv. illustrations en coul. ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107133525, 1107133521, 9781107589964, 1107589967
oclc:ocn968787949
LC Classification:K3260
Dewey Decimal:363.8

Subjects

Crimes d'État Droit à l'alimentation Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Famines -- Aspect politique Famines -- Political aspects Grundrecht Humanitäre Hilfe Inanition -- Aspect politique international Lebensmittel Malnutrition -- Aspect politique Malnutrition -- Political aspects Nord-Korea Right to food Starvation -- Political aspects State crimes Venezuela Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit Völkerrecht Westjordanland