Forcible Displacement Throughout the Ages

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.

Grant Dawson, Juris Doctor (1999), Georgetown University Law Center, is a Legal Officer at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. A member of the bars of New York and Washington, DC, he has published several articles on international criminal law.

Sonia Farber, Juris Doctor (2010), Berkeley School of Law, is an Associate practicing in the International Dispute Resolution Group at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP. She is a member of the bar of New York and author of Forgotten at Guantanamo: The Boumediene Decision and Its Implications for Refugees at the Base Under the Obama Administration, published in the California Law Review (2010).

"Grant Dawson and Sonia Farber’s book calls attention to an important set of questions related to forced migration. The authors should be commended for dealing in a single book with questions as diverse as the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons, regulations on development induced displacement and resettlement and the international criminal law addressing the crime of forcible displacement."
-Beno|“t Mayer, University of Singapore