State Food Crimes
State Food Crimes by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, published by Cambridge University Press on August 30, 2016, is a critical examination of the right to food as a fundamental human right. This reprint edition spans 284 pages and is presented in English. The author, a prominent scholar in human rights, explores how various governments have implemented policies that lead to malnutrition and starvation among their citizens and others under their jurisdiction.
In this book, Howard-Hassmann delves into historical instances of state-induced famine, including notable cases from Ukraine, China, and Cambodia, as well as the neglect of starvation in democratic nations such as Ireland and Canada. The discussion extends to contemporary issues, focusing on starvation in North Korea and malnutrition in Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and the West Bank and Gaza. The author analyzes these cases in the context of international human rights law, sanctions, food aid, and civil and political rights related to food access. The book concludes with a call for a new international treaty addressing the right to food.
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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.
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