Before the adoption of the starvation amendment, starvation as a method of warfare was a war crime only in IAC under the Rome Statute; With the adoption of the amendment, there are now consistent laws for this crime for IAC and NIAC in terms of the Court’s subject-matter jurisdiction. Ho...
That's not to say that there aren't situations in which drought conditions can foster conflict. One example is inparts of Somalia. But this happens much less frequently than conventional wisdom might suggest. More often than not, climate change, which can trigger droughts and floods, is just ...
One example is the 1970s Bengal famine that Singer mentions. It was primarily caused by a civil war, government mismanagement of foodgrain stocks, and unfair legislation. And the current famine in South Sudan was also caused by a civil war. Additionally, many countries go through famines ...
School staff 1: What is wonderful about the school is there are so many cultures and that they are just all out there, and they just get along. We have Aboriginal students – how many cultures have we got here? School staff 2: I said it’s 72 – it’s probably today. ...
Joel Millman of the IOM says there’s also been an increase in the number of Nigerian Christians following this route, escaping the chaos and brutality inflicted on their towns and villages by Boko Haram. Another disturbing phenomenon, according to Malakooti, is the trafficking of African women ...
“There is a thick veil of violence shrouding the 2023 elections that undermines people’s fundamental right to vote,” Anietie Ewang, a Human Rights Watch’s Nigeria researcher, said in a recent statement. These are the dynamics that make it hard for many Nigerians to commit their future ...