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<article>
  <title>Legal Obligations Governing Starvation and Humanitarian Access in International Armed Conflicts</title>
  <slug>legal-obligations-governing-starvation-and-humanitarian-access-in-international-armed-conflicts</slug>
  <parent>
    <title>Volume 7, Issue 2</title>
  </parent>
  <post_type>
    <title>Research Article</title>
  </post_type>
  <year>2026</year>
  <volume>7</volume>
  <content><![CDATA[Starvation in armed conflict is a lack of food and other essentials required 
for civilian survival, due to food destruction or to restrictions in being 
able to access it. In international armed conflicts, the denial of such 
necessaries may be more pronounced when humanitarian assistance 
is denied, delayed or prevented to affected civilian populations. Even 
countries that have signed international documents banning starvation 
and have responsibilities and duties regarding humanitarian relief, show 
a wide gap between the protection and implementation in the context 
of contemporary conflicts. In this context, the research explores the 
links between humanitarian access constraints, food system disruption, 
displacement, insecurity and civilian hunger and deprivation due to 
restrictions on humanitarian access, disruption of food systems, displacement, insecurity and administrative and political barriers. International 
legal and institutional documents are qualitatively analyzed with the 
help of selected contemporary conflict situations, in order to explore the 
relationship between legal duties, humanitarian action and the realities 
of people affected by conflict. The analysis shows that starvation is not 
just a result of the lack of food availability but can also be a result of 
the breakdown of the social, economic and humanitarian conditions 
needed for civilian life in conflict situations. Existing protections are 
further undermined and humanitarian responses limited by significant 
implementation, monitoring and accountability gaps. The analysis also 
places the issue in the context of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero 
Hunger) to recognize the need to link immediate humanitarian response 
to medium-term food security and resilience building in conflict-affected 
communities. Effective response necessitates greater synergies between 
civilian protection, humanitarian assistance, accountability mechanisms 
and longer-term food-security strategies in conflict-affected contexts.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></content>
  <references />
  <keywords>Starvation, humanitarian aid, international armed conflict, SDG 2 (zero hunger), civilian protection</keywords>
  <date>2026-10-26</date>
  <url>https://jlp.ibupress.com/articles/legal-obligations-governing-starvation-and-humanitarian-access-in-international-armed-conflicts</url>
  <issue>2</issue>
  <pages>141-155</pages>
  <doi>10.69648/NSQL2164</doi>
  <language>en</language>
  <license>CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</license>
  <license_url>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</license_url>
  <pdf>https://jlp.ibupress.com/file/2LZLRhuKDdw/jlp-7-2-10-sudan.pdf</pdf>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <first_name>Gursimar Kour</first_name>
      <last_name>Sudan</last_name>
      <affiliation>Lovely Professional University</affiliation>
      <country>India</country>
      <orcid>https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5605-3519</orcid>
      <ror>https://ror.org/00et6q107</ror>
      <corresponding>true</corresponding>
    </author>
  </authors>
  <journal>
    <title>Journal of Law And Politics</title>
    <issn>2671-342X</issn>
    <eissn>2671-3438</eissn>
    <publisher>Balkan University Press</publisher>
    <url>https://jlp.ibupress.com</url>
  </journal>
</article>