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The Right to Home: Domicide as a Violation of Child and Family Rights in the Context of Political Violence
Author(s) -
Akesson Bree,
Basso Andrew R.,
Denov Myriam
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12174
Subject(s) - human rights , politics , context (archaeology) , political science , law , international human rights law , right to property , criminology , sociology , focus (optics) , history , physics , archaeology , optics
There is limited international recognition that domicide—or intentional destruction of home—is a violation of children's rights. While human rights documents allude to the crime of domicide, it is, however, never explicitly referred to as a human rights violation. Through an analysis of human rights documents and with a focus on the experiences of children, families and communities, we argue that domicide should be explicitly acknowledged as a violation of human rights so that it can effectively be prosecuted as a war crime in contexts of political violence.