The report highlights the urgent need for effective responses to conflict-induced acute food crises, focusing on the current situations in Gaza and Sudan. The main findings and recommendations of the report can be summarized as follows:
1. Conflict-induced acute food insecurity is a human-created tragedy that disproportionately affects vulnerable groups, such as children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and refugees. It disrupts food systems, exacerbates existing inequalities, and has long-term and irreversible negative impacts on health, productivity, and social cohesion.
2. The Gaza Strip and Sudan are currently facing severe food crises, with the entire population of Gaza and half of the Sudanese population experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity. The report emphasizes the need for immediate, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access to these regions.
3. International law, including human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law, contains norms to protect civilians against severe violations of the right to food, including starvation and famine. The report calls for the implementation and enforcement of these legal standards.
4. To address conflict-induced acute food crises, the report recommends immediate, medium-term, and long-term actions. Immediate steps include respecting international law, ceasing hostilities, establishing specialized task forces for aid delivery, and prioritizing assistance to the most vulnerable groups. Medium-term actions focus on rebuilding supply chains and infrastructure, while long-term actions involve fostering economic recovery, peacebuilding, and creating welfare programs.
5. The report suggests the establishment of a new Global Famine Fund or the reform of the existing one to respond to urgent conflicts, with mandatory funding at the international level. This fund should be available before the IPC level 5, Catastrophe, occurs.
