Forcible displacement throughout the ages : towards an international convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of forcible displacement / / by Grant Dawson and Sonia Farber.

• Author: Dawson, Grant
• TeilnehmendeR: Farber, Sonia.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International Humanitarian Law Series 36.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Forcible displacement transforms cultures and can even lead to their destruction. Beginning with the origins of the human species millions of years ago and ending up in our present day era, this book analyses examples of forcible displacement in order to examine the crime in its many different forms. The legal contours of the crime receive a comprehensive treatment, including the experience of the international tribunals and decades of scholarly work in the area. The authors suggest that a paradigm shift is needed in order to bring development-induced displacement into the mainstream discourse on forcible displacement. The book concludes with a proposal for a new convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of forcible displacement.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Origins of Humanity, Agriculture, and Intrahuman Armed Conflict -- Examples of Forcible Displacement -- Law of Forcible Displacement -- The Modern Tribunals -- Shifting the Displacement Paradigm from Compartmentalisation Towards Inclusion -- Broadening the Concept of Forcible Displacement to Include Development-Induced Displacement -- A Contemporary Domestic Case Study: Forcible Displacement in Colombia -- A Proposal for an International Convention to Prevent and Punish Forcible Displacement -- Proposed International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Forcible Displacement -- Index.