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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 06:28, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Starvation (crime)

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• ... that the killing of hundreds of thousands of Soviet civilians by starvation in the siege of Leningrad was ruled not criminal by an American court? Source: Mulder, Nicholas; van Dijk, Boyd (2021). "Why Did Starvation Not Become the Paradigmatic War Crime in International Law?". Contingency in International Law: On the Possibility of Different Legal Histories. Oxford University Press. pp. 370–. ISBN 9780192898036.
  • ALT1: ... that the 1949 Geneva Convention "accepted the legality of starvation as a weapon of war in principle" because Western powers wanted to use blockades against communism? Source: ditto
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fun Lounge police raid

Created by Buidhe (talk). Self-nominated at 09:28, 3 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Starvation (crime); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I slightly prefer ALT1. AryKun (talk) 14:17, 3 November 2023 (UTC)