"People were at the brink of starvation and objects indispensable to their survival were being destroyed. It was not merely the fact the villages had been attacked but the targeted destruction of livestock enclosures, as well as the forced displacement of the farmers, that led to reduced farming activity that suggested a deliberate attempt to prevent the villages from being able to produce food."
"The HRL research is a breakthrough in attempts to prove how a starvation strategy was imposed because of the way it uses remote sensing technologies. The report provides a unique level of fine-grained, over-time analysis documenting exactly what was attacked, going far beyond our general knowledge of the fighting and is of a quality that could be submitted in a court for criminal prosecution."
Legal experts from Stanford and Yale Law Schools analyze evidence that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deliberately implemented a starvation strategy against north Darfur villagers. The destruction of villages, livestock enclosures, and farming infrastructure, combined with forced displacement of farmers, reduced agricultural production among populations already facing food insecurity. Experts argue this targeted destruction of survival resources constitutes a war crime. The Humanitarian Research Lab's use of remote sensing technology provides detailed documentation of what was attacked over time, offering unprecedented evidence quality suitable for international criminal prosecution. This investigative approach could also be applied to investigate similar war crimes in Gaza and Ethiopia.
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