Category Archives: Starving as a method of warfare

Day of Infamy for the UN Security Council: Triggering a Devastating Humanitarian Crisis in North Korea

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 5. January 2018 by

Resolution 2397 will condemn the people of North Korea to excruciating deaths. Ironically, December 22 is the United Nations “Holocaust Remembrance Day.” It is shameful that on December 22 the United Nations Security Council voted to inflict the Twenty –First Century’s Holocaust upon the people of North Korea. With the passage of Resolution 2397, the United Nations Security Council has become an instrument of barbarism and terror.

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A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy: The Ethics of Economic Sanctions

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 23. July 2015 by

Economic sanctions are emerging as one of the major tools of international governance in the post-Cold War era. Sanctions have long been seen as a form of political intervention that does not cause serious human damage, and therefore does not raise pressing ethical questions. However, the nature of sanctions is that they effectively target the most vulnerable and least political sectors of society, and for this reason they must be subject to ethical scrutiny.

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Starvation as a Weapon: Legal Implications of the United Nations Food Blockade Against Iraq and Kuwait

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 20. March 2014 by

In this article, I analyze the legal and factual background of the food blockade against Iraq (1990-), and then assess its compliance with international humanitarian law. I conclude that the U.N., the members of the Security Council, and the countries that participated violated several mandatory humanitarian norms in enforcing the food blockade.

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