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Starvation is being used as a "direct means of warfare" in South Sudan's ongoing civil war, according to a report by international human rights law firm, Global Rights Compliance. Ken Scott, a former UN Commissioner and senior legal adviser with Global Rights Compliance is the main author of the report. He told 麻豆社 Newsday the "starvation of civilians as a method of warfare" is made clear by the report. "This includes the deprivation, obstruction, theft to humanitarian aid and deliberate attacks on humanitarian workers." "Most of the misconduct appears to be on the government side and their aligned militias," he says. "However none of the groups have completely clean hands," he adds. South Sudan's civil war, which broke out in December 2013, as a result of conflict between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar, has claimed an estimated 400,000 lives. Millions of people need food aid in South Sudan and hunger is fuelling a continuing refugee and displacement crisis. (Photo: A woman waits to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme. Credit: Reuters)
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