The right not to be displaced in international law / Michèle Morel.
2014
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Title
The right not to be displaced in international law / Michèle Morel.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Intersentia, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
KZ6530 .M68 2014
ISBN
9781780682051 (hbk.)
1780682050 (hbk.)
1780682050 (hbk.)
Description
xxxiii, 320 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)885377417
Summary
Every year, millions of people worldwide are forced to leave their homes and become displaced due to a variety of causes, including conflict and persecution, development projects and natural disasters. This book explores the role of international human rights law in protecting people against involuntary displacement. It does so with reference to the idea of a ́{OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#98}human right not to be displaced́{OCLCbr#80}?, the central focus of the book, and examines its existence, desirability, content and enforcement. It starts with a discussion of the meaning of ́{OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#98}displacement́{OCLCbr#80}? and clarifies how this phenomenon can be framed as a human rights issue. The following part deals with the question of how new human rights in general come into existence and under what conditions their creation or emergence is desirable. Against this background, the current status of the right not to be displaced in international law is thoroughly analyzed. The final part of the book examines the desired future for this emerging human right.0The author aims to contribute to a better understanding of the international legal framework for the protection of people against their forced movement, as well as to the search for more powerful, tenacious legal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate human displacement. While many works have been written on various legal issues surrounding the protection from specific forms of displacement, this is the first book treating the topic in a comprehensive manner, considering displacement broadly, approaching the issue from a rights-based perspective, and analyzing the complete framework of relevant normative developments at the international level.
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Every year, millions of people worldwide are forced to leave their homes and become displaced due to a variety of causes, including conflict and persecution, development projects and natural disasters. This book explores the role of international human rights law in protecting people against involuntary displacement. It does so with reference to the idea of a ́{OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#98}human right not to be displaced́{OCLCbr#80}?, the central focus of the book, and examines its existence, desirability, content and enforcement. It starts with a discussion of the meaning of ́{OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#98}displacement́{OCLCbr#80}? and clarifies how this phenomenon can be framed as a human rights issue. The following part deals with the question of how new human rights in general come into existence and under what conditions their creation or emergence is desirable. Against this background, the current status of the right not to be displaced in international law is thoroughly analyzed. The final part of the book examines the desired future for this emerging human right.0The author aims to contribute to a better understanding of the international legal framework for the protection of people against their forced movement, as well as to the search for more powerful, tenacious legal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate human displacement. While many works have been written on various legal issues surrounding the protection from specific forms of displacement, this is the first book treating the topic in a comprehensive manner, considering displacement broadly, approaching the issue from a rights-based perspective, and analyzing the complete framework of relevant normative developments at the international level.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320).
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Table of Contents
Preface
v
Acknowledgements
vii
Table of cases and other materials
xv
Table of treaties and other instruments
xxiii
Abbreviations
xxxi
ch. 1
Introduction
1
1.
Objective of the book
1
1.1.
Overall objective of the book
2
1.2.
Basic premises of the book
2
1.3.
Academic and societal contribution of the book
3
1.4.
Added value of the book compared with existing literature
3
2.
Research questions forming the structure of the book
5
3.
Methodology and sources
6
3.1.
Methodology of and sources for the research
6
3.2.
Sources of international (human rights) law
7
4.
Scope and limitations
10
ch. 2
The Displacement Phenomenon
13
1.
Defining displacement
13
1.1.
A myriad of terms
13
1.2.
Displacement as overarching notion
16
1.3.
Causes of displacement
17
1.4.
Impact of displacement
19
1.5.
Displacement figures
21
2.
Displacement as a human rights issue
22
2.1.
The international response to displacement
22
2.2.
Rights-based approach to displacement
23
2.2.1.
Human rights violations leading to displacement
26
2.2.2.
Human rights violations following displacement
27
2.2.3.
Displacement as a human rights violation
27
ch. 3
The Emergence of New Human Rights
29
1.
The proliferation of rights
29
1.1.
Human rights law since the Second World War
29
1.2.
Three generations of human rights
30
1.3.
On the nature of human rights
32
1.4.
The proliferation of human rights: defects and merits
36
2.
The formation of human rights
37
3.
The desirability of new human rights: eligibility criteria
41
ch. 4
The Current Status of the Right not to be Displaced in International Law
49
1.
Introduction
49
2.
Protection standards with limited scope of application
50
2.1.
Introduction
50
2.2.
Protection from conflict-induced displacement
50
2.2.1.
Displacement in international armed conflict
50
2.2.2.
Displacement in internal armed conflict
53
2.3.
Protection from persecution-induced displacement
56
2.4.
Protection from development-induced displacement
57
2.5.
Protection from disaster-induced displacement
59
2.6.
Protection from expulsion
60
2.6.1.
Expulsion of nationals
61
2.6.2.
Expulsion of lawfully residing aliens
62
2.6.3.
Expulsion of lawfully residing stateless persons
63
2.6.4.
Expulsion of migrant workers and their family members
63
2.6.5.
Collective expulsion
64
2.6.6.
Expulsion to risk of persecution
65
2.6.7.
Expulsion to risk of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
66
2.6.8.
Expulsion to risk of execution
67
2.6.9.
Expulsion to risk of enforced disappearance
67
2.6.10.
Exile
68
2.6.11.
Deportation in armed conflict
68
2.7.
Protection from displacement for indigenous people
68
2.8.
Protection from internal displacement
70
2.9.
Protection from 'forced eviction'
71
2.10.
Other protection standards
73
2.10.1.
Population transfer and the implantation of settlers
73
2.10.2.
Customary norm prohibiting arbitrary forced relocation
75
2.11.
International criminal responsibility for displacement
79
2.11.1.
Displacement as crime of genocide
79
2.11.2.
Displacement as crime against humanity
80
2.11.3.
Displacement as war crime
80
2.12.
Conclusion
81
3.
Explicit recognition of the right not to be displaced
82
3.1.
The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
83
3.2.
The Kampala Convention
90
3.3.
The Pinheiro Principles
96
3.4.
Reflections and conclusions
99
4.
Protection from displacement deriving from other human rights
103
4.1.
Introduction
103
4.2.
The freedom of movement and residence
104
4.2.1.
Introduction
104
4.2.2.
International and regional human rights instruments
104
4.2.2.1.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
104
4.2.2.2.
Regional human rights instruments
110
4.2.3.
(Quasi-)judicial decisions
120
4.2.3.1.
Case law overview
120
4.2.3.2.
Case law-based conclusions and clarifications
139
4.2.4.
General conclusion
142
4.3.
The right to respect for private life
143
4.3.1.
Introduction
143
4.3.2.
International and regional human rights instruments
144
4.3.2.1.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
144
4.3.2.2.
Regional human rights instruments
146
4.3.3.
(Quasi-)judicial decisions
148
4.3.3.1.
Home searches: Human Rights Committee
149
4.3.3.2.
Massive evictions and home destruction
151
4.3.3.3.
Evictions and Travellers: European Court of Human Rights
158
4.3.3.4.
Evictions and procedural safeguards: European Court of Human Rights
161
4.3.3.5.
Evictions and alternative housing: European Court of Human Rights
162
4.3.3.6.
Deportations
163
4.3.4.
Conclusion
175
4.4.
The right to property
176
4.4.1.
Introduction
176
4.4.2.
Regional human rights instruments
177
4.4.3.
(Quasi-)judicial decisions
181
4.4.3.1.
Home destruction
181
4.4.3.2.
Land and house expropriations: European Court of Human Rights
187
4.4.3.3.
Indigenous land rights
190
4.4.3.4.
Some other cases
196
4.4.4.
Conclusion
200
4.5.
The right to housing
202
4.5.1.
Introduction
202
4.5.2.
International and regional human rights instruments
203
4.5.2.1.
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
203
4.5.2.2.
Regional human rights instruments
209
4.5.3.
(Quasi-)judicial decisions
213
4.5.3.1.
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
214
4.5.3.2.
European Committee of Social Rights
216
4.5.4.
Conclusion
221
4.6.
Other human rights
222
4.7.
Conclusion
225
5.
Customary norm on the prohibition of displacement?
228
6.
Conclusion
232
ch. 5
The Future of the Right not to be Displaced
235
1.
Desirability of the right not to be displaced
235
2.
Solidifying the right not to be displaced
243
2.1.
Terminology
243
2.2.
Formal recognition
246
2.2.1.
General
246
2.2.2.
Recent examples of formal recognition
248
2.2.3.
Some reflections
261
2.3.
Clarification of the content
262
2.3.1.
Content overview
263
2.3.2.
Scope of application
264
2.3.2.1.
Personal scope of application
265
2.3.2.2.
Substantive scope of application
265
2.3.2.3.
Territorial scope of application
271
2.3.2.4.
Temporal scope of application
271
2.3.3.
Rights and obligations
272
2.3.3.1.
Rights holders and duty bearers
272
2.3.3.2.
Types of obligations
274
2.3.3.3.
Obligations relating to protection from displacement
277
2.3.3.4.
Obligations relating to protection during displacement
285
2.3.3.5.
Obligations relating to protection after displacement
287
2.3.4.
Conditions for lawful interference
289
2.3.4.1.
Legality of interference
290
2.3.4.2.
Legitimacy of interference
290
2.3.4.2.
Necessity and proportionality of interference
294
2.3.4.4.
Preview of legal provision
299
2.4.
Implementation and enforcement
299
ch. 6
Conclusion
307
Bibliography
311