Armed Conflict and Forcible Displacement: Individual Rights under International Law (Routledge Research in International Law) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138643335 ISBN 13: 9781138643338

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

This book addresses the involuntary and arbitrary displacement of individuals resulting from armed conflict and gross human rights violations. It shows that forcible displacement constitutes a serious violation of international law and of fundamental community interests.

Armed Conflict and Forcible Displacement provides a critical legal analysis of the contemporary international framework, permeating forcible displacement in these circumstances and explores the rights that individuals possess with specific focus on the right not to be displaced and, where this fails, the right to return home and to receive property restitution. In doing so, this volume marries together different fields of international law and builds on the case studies of Cyprus, Colombia, Cambodia and Syria. While the case studies considered here are far from exhaustive, they are either little explored or present significant challenges due to the magnitude of displacement or contested international jurisprudence.

Through this analysis, the volume exposes some of the legal challenges that individuals encounter in being protected from forcible displacement, as well as the legal obstacles that persist in ensuring the return of and the recovery of property by the displaced. It will be of interest to those interested in the fields of international law, human rights law, as well as conflict and war studies.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Elena Katselli Proukaki is Senior Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University and specialises in public international law and human rights.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138643335
• ISBN 13: 9781138643338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Katselli Proukaki Elena