This briefing paper is part of “Accountability for Starvation: Testing the Limits of the Law,” a joint project of Global Rights Compliance (GRC) and the World Peace Foundation (WPF). The project aims to identify how international law may be used to advance the prevention, prohibition and accountability for mass starvation.
This memorandum addresses the issue of starvation crimes committed during the war in Syria (2012-18) including the goals and methods of the perpetrators, the outcomes for the victims, and the possibilities for legal redress. It includes an overview of the use of starvation during the war and case studies of Eastern Ghouta (in the Damascus suburbs), Aleppo and Deir Alzor.
