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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462040003321
• Autore: Dawson Grant (Grant Mathew)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : M. Nijhoff Pub., 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-55111-X; 9786613863560; 90-04-22055-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Collana: International humanitarian law series ; ; 36
• Altri autori (Persone): FarberSonia
• Disciplina: 342.08
• Soggetti: Forced migration; International criminal law; Refugees - Civil rights; Internally displaced persons - Civil rights; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.