The starvation of civilians is an all too frequent feature of armed conflict. While starvation may occur as an unintended consequence of military activities, it is also sometimes intentionally used by conflicting parties as a method of warfare. There is a broad consensus that the employment of starvation tactics during armed conflict is morally repugnant. This condemnation is reflected in many instruments of international law, which prohibit the use of starvation as a method of warfare in all armed conflicts. Despite this apparent consensus, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court only includes the starvation of civilians as a war crime when it is committed during international armed conflict. In the face of this anomaly, Switzerland has proposed an amendment to the Rome Statute, whereby the crime of starving civilians would also apply to non-international armed conflicts. The following analysis addresses the key issues arising from the Swiss proposal, including the legal basis for the prohibition under customary and conventional international law, the elements of the proposed formulation, and the policy implications of adopting such an amendment to the Rome Statute.

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非国际性武装冲突中的饥饿战争罪

平民挨饿是武装冲突的一个常见特征。虽然饥饿可能是军事活动的意外后果，但有时也被冲突各方有意用作战争方法。人们普遍认为，在武装冲突期间采用饥饿策略在道德上是令人反感的。这种谴责反映在许多国际法文书中，这些文书禁止在所有武装冲突中使用饥饿作为作战方法。尽管有这种明显的共识，但《国际刑事法院罗马规约》仅将在国际武装冲突期间造成的平民饥饿列为战争罪。面对这种反常现象，瑞士提出了对《罗马规约》的修正，据此，使平民挨饿的罪行也适用于非国际性武装冲突。以下分析解决了瑞士提案中产生的关键问题，包括习惯法和公约国际法禁止的法律基础、拟议表述的要素以及通过对《罗马规约》进行此类修正的政策影响。