Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The prohibition of forced displacement in international armed conflicts; 2. The prohibition of forced movements of civilians in non-international armed conflicts; 3. Case study: Israel, the Separation Wall and displacement of civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; 4. Forced displacement as an international crime; 5. The protection of refugees under international humanitarian law; 6. Internally displaced persons as civilian victims of war; 7. International humanitarian law and the protection of refugee and IDP camps; Concluding remarks.

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A detailed analysis of contemporary issues relating to international humanitarian law and its interplay with war migrants.

About the Author

Mélanie Jacques is a visiting research fellow and teaching associate at Queen Mary, University of London, where her interests lie in the fields of public international law and international humanitarian law, with a particular emphasis on issues of forced migration.

Reviews

'[This study] holds the utmost importance since it adds a valuable approach to the literature on the protection of refugees and other displaced persons from the perspective of international humanitarian law … for those interested in the protection of forced migrants caught in war, the monograph makes a remarkable contribution to the subject.' Tohouindji G. Christia Hessou, Journal of International Criminal Justice