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The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law and Natural Justice

By Geoff Simons (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1996
ISBN
978-1-349-24923-7, 978-1-349-24921-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-24921-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (17203150 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XVIII, 304\323
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Middle Eastern Politics; Imperialism and Coloniali

Description

The Scourging of Iraq describes the impact of the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent economic sanctions on the Iraqi people. Evidence is presented to show that food and medicine are being denied to the civilian population, and that this involves a gross violation of the 1977 Protocol 1 addition to the 1949 Geneva Convention, which includes the words: 'Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited'. Sanctions are considered in a historical, political and legal context, with particular attention to how the economic blockade may be seen as a criminal violation of UN resolutions and the UN Genocide Convention.

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