State Food Crimes
State Food Crimes by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, published by Cambridge University Press on September 8, 2016, explores the critical issue of food rights and state accountability. In this 270-page work, Howard-Hassmann examines how certain governments violate the fundamental human right to food, leading to malnutrition and starvation among their citizens. The book presents a historical overview of significant famines and neglect, alongside a detailed analysis of contemporary cases in North Korea, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and the West Bank and Gaza.
Readers will find a thorough discussion of the implications of international human rights law, food aid, and civil rights in relation to the right to food. The author emphasizes the need for a new international treaty to address these violations, drawing connections between state policies and their impact on nutrition and health. This edition provides an in-depth look at the intersection of law, political science, and social issues surrounding food security, making it a significant contribution to the discourse on human rights and state responsibilities.
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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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