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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Forced Displacement"”.
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FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
Forced displacement is one of the most pressing phenomena of our time. According to UNHCR data, the number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide increased from 18.2 million to 117.3 million between 1993 and 2024 – more than six times higher in thirty years. Despite the scale and severity of the …
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Forced Displacement and Racialization: The Colombian Experience
… displaced persons (IDPs) who have been forced to move to the Coffee Region in Colombia after leaving their homes in rural regions between 2000 and 2015. Second, Colombian refugees who had similarly sought asylum in Toronto, Canada, and who migrated between 1997 and 2004. Third, …
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A Composite Theory and Practical Model of Forced Displacement
… us on a key theoretical weaknesses in existing displacement literature. As the ultimate goal of the computational model is forecasting, the theory of forced displacement represents an improvement on existing theoretical models and empirical analyses, the latter I argue are roughly congruent with …
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Forced displacement in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, international law and transitional justice
Sixty five years after the forced exodus of the majority of the Palestinian population that inhabited the territory on which Israel was established (known as Nakba, translated to catastrophe), forced displacement is still an important feature of the Israeli policies towards Palestinians. Not only …
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Writing Home: Depictions of Forced Displacement in Romantic Era and Contemporary Poetry
… on Wiley’s insight to compare depictions of forced displacement in British Romantic poetry to contemporary poetry written or circulated in the United Kingdom in response to the so-called refugee crisis of 2015-2016. I argue that these two periods can speak to each other meaningfully because …
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The 1914 forced displacement of the Ottoman Greek population of Phocaea: an online interactive documentary.
Focusing on an often overlooked series of violent events during the decade preceding the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, this interactive documentary brings together a synthesis of microhistory, oral history, historiography, and digital non-linear interactive architecture and narrative …
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The Development of a Phase Locked Excitation Testing Method for Full‐Scale Wind Turbine Blades
… in one of the following manners: a dual-axis forced displacement, single axis or dual axis resonant configurations. Historically, fatigue testing has been performed by utilizing forced displacement systems. These systems do not allow for the load phase angle to be controlled, which leads to …
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Walking in Landscapes of Displacement: The Spatiality of Transcultural Activism
Though forced displacement is prominent within public, political, and media debates, and within academic research, too often the public image of forcibly displaced persons is that of voiceless victims – or, worse, a threat to national sovereignty. The geo-temporal scale of forced displacement …
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Parent and Child Wellbeing in a Humanitarian Context By Flora Cohen,
… children and families affected by conflict and displacement. Conflict and displacement can cause severe mental health challenges and social fragmentation. Programs that support the mental health and wellbeing of communities and families living in humanitarian contexts are vital to improving …
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Survival Strategies of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
… to communication and refugee research on forced displacement and how refugees quietly cope together using informal networks.
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La Madre Competitiva: An Experimental Study of Women's Competitiveness in Medellin, Colombia
… regardless of the incentive. Interestingly, forced displacement proves to be a key determinant of a woman’s desire to compete.
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Navigating the Paradox of Fear: Collaborative Research Exploring Resettlement and Vulnerability with Displaced Women in Colombia
… identified gender-specific risks associated with forced displacement as result of armed conflict. This study explores the coping strategies employed by Colombian women to address socio-economic vulnerability and improve living conditions during resettlement in Bogotá. Specifically, the research …
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The Development of a Phase Locked Wind Turbine Blade Finite Element Model to Predict Loads and Deflections During Fatigue Testing
… fatigue testing has been performed by utilizing forced displacement systems. These systems do not allow for the load phase angle to be controlled, and the maximum load application in the edge and flap directions are allowed to vary. The PhLEX (Phase Locked Excitation System) under development …
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Civil Society and the Politics of Values: Social services and the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan
… case of CSOs in Jordan responding to the Syrian forced displacement crisis reveals that the mediation occurred in four ways. First, the CSOs changed their (i) objectives and (ii) their behaviour fostering values of social justice and community service. Second, the CSOs changed their relationship …
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Diverse Belongings: An Improvisational Inquiry Into Newcomer Worlds, Worldings, and the Literacies of Belonging
In an era of unprecedented global forced displacement, this artistic, multimodal dissertation explores experiences of belonging with a group of four adult newcomers to Canada. Using a post qualitative approach, the study couples the theoretical concepts of worlding and wonder with the work of …
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Sertransneja: identidade de gênero e migração na arte
… of cultural identity and diaspora (Hall) and the forced displacement of trans bodies, thought of as sexiles (Manuel Guzmán), in dialogue with Antônio Bispo dos Santos' notion of territoriality. The second chapter proposes a methodology based on the track Toma Desce Toma Toma, bringing together the …
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Dream of an elsewhere: contemporary African American travel writing
… hundreds of years, since the original traumatic forced displacement of the Middle Passage that generated a diasporic subjectivity intertwined with corporeal motion. The subsequent emancipatory journey to freedom, as recited in slave narratives, decentred the coercive migrations of the slave trade …
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Emigration, Repatriation and the Reality of Returned Youth in El Salvador
… not at war. Thousands of children are forced to flee the country for safety. The annual rate for forced displacement as a proportion of the country’s population is reported to be at the same level as those fueled by the 1980s civil war. </p>
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From protection to persecution: exploring the impact of anti-foreigner mobilisation on refugee rights in South Africa
… obligations. Addressing the root causes of forced displacement, such as conflict and poverty, requires a human rights-based approach that emphasises prevention, protection and empowerment. In conclusion, this study highlights the importance of collaboration between state and non-state …
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Examining the dynamic cascading of international norms through cluster genealogies. 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and Other Cases
In 1998 the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement were developed following years of crises faced by the millions of people experiencing forced displacement, especially those internally displaced. These Principles were widely considered to be precedent setting, both historically and …
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