State Sponsored Famine: Conceptualizing Politically Induced Famine as a Crime against Humanity

This paper argues for the codification of politically induced famine as a crime against humanity. We use the term “state sponsored famine” to reflect the conceptualization of famine as not merely nature-induced but also as a willfully orchestrated state policy. The specification of faminogenic pract...

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Main Authors: Jlateh Vincent Jappah, Danielle Taana Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lindenwood University 2012-11-01
Series:Journal of International and Global Studies
Online Access:http://www.lindenwood.edu/jigs/docs/volume4Issue1/essays/17-31.pdf