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Rated by Participant: 408E91BD450E9FFDE6E304474B66D2F443E115C635ADD497504176DE409ED648
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Missing Important Context: Denial of access to humanitarian aid is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, the Laws of Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law. These violations may be considered war crimes. https://charityandsecurity.org/analysis/accountability-under-ihl-legal-consequences-for-blocking-humanitarian-assistance-in-gaza/ https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2647&context=nwc-review https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/six-grave-violations/ https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/six-grave-violations/denial-of-humanitarian-access/#:~:text=Denial%20of%20humanitarian%20access%20entails,about%20the%20six%20grave%20violations https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/israel-law-review/article/abs/denying-humanitarian-access-as-an-international-crime-in-times-of-noninternational-armed-conflict-the-challenges-to-prosecute-and-some-proposals-for-the-future/F14AB573D4B779527A9B0B2554558B65 https://www.csis.org/analysis/starvation-crimes-and-international-law-new-era https://guide-humanitarian-law.org/content/article/3/siege-1/ https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/135242/html/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/gaza-israel-hamas-humanitarian-aid/ https://lieber.westpoint.edu/war-crime-starvation-irony-grasping-low-hanging-fruit/ https://international-review.icrc.org/sites/default/files/S1560775500059794a.pdf https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2019-11/BSG-WP-2019-031.pdf https://buildingtrust.si/denial-of-humanitarian-access-to-children-is-prohibited-under-international-law/ https://casebook.icrc.org/law/ihl-and-humanitarian-assistance#:~:text=A%20way%20to%20answer%20this,to%20their%20right%20of%20control%E2%80%9D. https://www.icrc.org/en/document/ihl-rules-of-war-FAQ-Geneva-Conventions#:~:text=Although%20the%20relevant%20rules%20vary,and%20Lexicon%20on%20Humanitarian%20Access. https://casebook.icrc.org/law/ihl-and-humanitarian-assistance#:~:text=A%20way%20to%20answer%20this,to%20their%20right%20of%20control%E2%80%9D. https://www.btselem.org/publications/202404_manufacturing_famine https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/22/issue/5/unlawful-blockades-crimes-against-humanity https://www.justsecurity.org/89403/the-siege-of-gaza-and-the-starvation-war-crime/ https://cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archive/siege-starvation-war-crime-societal-torture
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