Blocking of humanitarian aid is imposed by governments or non-state actors in some cases where people require humanitarian aid.
Such blockage is considered to comprise the
crime against humanity
Crimes against humanity are widespread or systemic acts committed by or on behalf of a ''de facto'' authority, usually a state, that grossly violate human rights. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity do not have to take place within the c ...
of
extermination
Extermination or exterminate may refer to:
* Pest control, elimination of insects or vermin
* Genocide, extermination—in whole or in part—of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group
* Homicide or murder in general
* "Exterminate!", t ...
.
References
*{{cite book , last1=Mettraux , first1=Guénaël , title=International Crimes: Law and Practice: Volume II: Crimes Against Humanity , date=2020 , publisher=Oxford University Press , isbn=978-0-19-260391-3 , language=en
Crimes against humanity