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Deliberate destruction of the home
Buildings in the
Gaza Strip reduced to rubble during the 2023
Israel-Hamas War .
Domicide (from Latin domus , meaning home or abode, and caedo , meaning deliberate killing) is the widespread destruction of a living environment, forcing the incumbent humans to move elsewhere.
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[2] In a
human rights context, domicide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of housing and basic infrastructure, making an area uninhabitable.
[3] The concept of domicide originated in the 1970s, but only assumed its present meaning in 2022, after a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing.
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[4]
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Notable historical examples of domicide include the destruction of
Warsaw and
Dresden during
World War II , the
Khmer Rouge 's destruction in
Cambodia ,
[6] and
Israel 's destruction of Gaza in the
Israel–Hamas War .
[7] Experts have argued that
international law should be amended to consider domicide a
war crime .
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See also
References
Look up
domicide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
^ Sullivan, Becky (9 February 2024).
"What is 'domicide,' and why has war in Gaza brought new attention to the term?" .
National Public Radio . Retrieved 21 May 2024 .
^ Porteous, Douglas; Sandra E. Smith (2001).
Domicide: The Global Destruction Of Home . McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 12.
ISBN
9780773569614 .
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"Amid Israeli Destruction in Gaza, a New Crime Against Humanity Emerges: Domicide" . Haaretz . Retrieved 2024-01-05 .
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"Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Balakrishnan Rajagopal (A/77/190) [EN/AR/RU/ZH] - World | ReliefWeb" . reliefweb.int . 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2024-01-05 .
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" "Domicide" must be recognised as an international crime: UN expert" . Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights . October 28, 2022.
^ Collins, Andrew E (2009).
Disaster and Development . Routledge. p. 109.
ISBN
9780203879238 .
^ Wintour, Patrick (7 December 2023).
"Widespread destruction in Gaza puts concept of 'domicide' in focus" .
The Guardian . Retrieved 1 January 2024 .
^ Rajagopal, Balakrishnan (2024-01-29).
"Opinion | Domicide: The Mass Destruction of Homes Should Be a Crime Against Humanity" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-01-29 .
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