Does IHL prohibit the forced displacement of civilians during war ? / David James Cantor
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Title:
Does IHL prohibit the forced displacement of civilians during war ?
Author zone:
David James Cantor
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- International journal of refugee law, Vol. 24, no. 4, December 2012, p. 840-846
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Abstract:
This opinion addresses the question of whether international humanitarian law (IHL) prohibits the forced displacement of civilians during armed conflict. It argues that the relevant rules of IHL do not take as their starting point a general prohibition of displacement. Rather, the author contends that the laws of war depart from an understanding of this phenomenon as a sad and often inevitable fact of war. As a result, only certain forms of forced displacement are directly regulated by this body of rules. The opinion is written in a concise format with the non-specialist humanitarian practitioner in mind.
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