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A Unified Concept of Population Transfer
Denver Journal of International Law & Policy Volume 21 Number 1 Fall Article 4 May 2020 A Unified Concept of opulationP Transfer Christopher M. Goebel Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/djilp Recommended Citation Christopher M. Goebel, A Unified Concept of Population Transfer, 21 Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 29 (1992). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ DU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Denver Journal of International Law & Policy by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ DU. For more information, please contact [email protected],[email protected]. A Unified Concept of Population Transfer CHRISTOPHER M. GOEBEL* Population transfer is an issue arising often in areas of ethnic ten- sion, from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Western Sahara, Tibet, Cyprus, and beyond. There are two forms of human population transfer: removals and settlements. Generally, commentators in interna- tional law have yet to discuss the two together as a single category of population transfer. In discussing the prospects for such a broad treat- ment, this article is a first to compare and contrast international law's application to removals and settlements. I. INTRODUCTION International attention is focusing on uprooted people, especially where there are tensions of ethnic proportions. The Red Cross spent a significant proportion of its budget aiding what it called "displaced peo- ple," removed en masse from their abodes. Ethnic cleansing, a term used by the Serbs, was a process of population transfer aimed at removing the non-Serbian population from large areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina.2 The large-scale Jewish settlements into the Israeli-occupied Arab territories continue to receive publicity. -
Mass Displacement in Post-Catastrophic Societies: Vulnerability, Learning, and Adaptation in Germany and India, 1945–1952
Futures That Internal Migration Place-Specifi c Introduction Never Were and the Left Material Resources MASS DISPLACEMENT IN POST-CATASTROPHIC SOCIETIES: VULNERABILITY, LEARNING, AND ADAPTATION IN GERMANY AND INDIA, 1945–1952 Avi Sharma The summer of 1945 in Germany was exceptional. Displaced persons (UN DPs), refugees, returnees, ethnic German expellees (Vertriebene)1 and soldiers arrived in desperate need of care, including food, shelter, medical attention, clothing, bedding, shoes, cooking utensils, and cooking fuel. An estimated 7.3 million people transited to or through Berlin between July 1945 and March 1946.2 In part because of its geographical location, Berlin was an extreme case, with observers estimating as many as 30,000 new arrivals per day. However, cities across Germany were swollen with displaced persons, starved of es- sential supplies, and faced with catastrophic housing shortages. During that time, ethnic, religious, and linguistic “others” were frequently conferred legal privileges, while ethnic German expellees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were disadvantaged by the occupying forces. How did refugees, returnees, DPs, IDPs and other migrants navigate the fractured governmentality and allocated scar- city of the postwar regime? How did survivors survive the postwar? The summer of 1947 in South Asia was extraordinary in diff erent ways.3 Faced with a hastily organized division of the Indian sub- continent into India and Pakistan (known as the Partition), between 10 and 14 million Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus crossed borders in a period of only a few months. Estimates put the one-day totals for 2 Angelika Königseder, cross-border movement as high as 400,000, and data on mortality Flucht nach Berlin: Jüdische Displaced Persons 1945– 4 range between 200,000 and 2 million people killed. -
Forced Population Transfers Resolve Self-Determination Conflicts?
Can Forced Population Transfers Resolve Self-determination Conflicts? A European Perspective Stefan Wolff Department of European Studies University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY England, UK [email protected] Introduction Self-determination conflicts are among the most violent forms of civil wars that can engulf modern societies. As they are in most cases linked to claims of ethnic, religious, linguistic or otherwise defined groups for secession from, or for political domination in, an existing state they also have repercussions on regional and international stability. Self-determination conflicts can be observed on all continents. Not all of them are violent, but most have a clear potential for violent escalation and are therefore an important concern for international and regional governmental organisations seeking to preserve peace and stability. However, the capacity of organisations like the UN, the OSCE and the EU to do so has only gradually developed over the past decade and is still a far cry from being sufficient. In the past and present, states (and population groups within them) have therefore felt that they had been and are left to their own devices when it comes to preserving their internal stability and external security. The largely incongruent political and ethnic maps of Europe have meant that self- determination conflicts on this continent have mostly taken the form of ethnic conflicts: from Northern Ireland to the Caucasus, from the Basque country to the Åland islands and from Kosovo to Silesia the competing claims of distinct ethnic groups to self-determination have been the most prominent sources of conflicts within and across state boundaries. -
Indicators for Monitoring the Un Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES A solid framework and a practical tool for assessing the implementation of UNDRIP’s provisions. The indicators serve to detect gaps in implementation, hold duty-bearers accountable, and devise implementation strategies. 1 WHAT IS THE INDIGENOUS NAVIGATOR? The Indigenous Navigator comprises a set of tools for monitoring indigenous peoples’ rights and development. One of these tools is a set of indicators, which serve to pinpoint what to look for when measuring whether the provisions of UNDRIP are implemented in a given community or country. The indicators are structured around 13 thematic domains reflected in UNDRIP and have been systematically developed with a solid foundation in the OHCHR’s methodology for developing human rights indicators.1 Like all other human rights instruments, UNDRIP comprises standards on specific rights and cross-cutting human rights norms. The first step towards identifying the indicators has therefore been to identify the attributes – or building blocks – contained in UNDRIP. Subsequently, measurable indicators have been identified with a view to capturing States’ duties to respect, protect and fulfil indigenous peoples’ human rights. The indicators framework comprises: Structural indicators, which assess the legal and policy framework of a given country. Process indicators, which measure the states’ ongoing efforts to implement human rights commitments through programs, budget allocations, etc. Outcome indicators, which capture the actual enjoyment of human rights by indigenous peoples. The indicators can also be used to measure essential aspects of the SDGs as well as the commitments made by States at the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. -
Deterrence and Realism
The Evolution of Israeli Military Strategy: Asymmetry, Vulnerability, Pre-emption and Deterrence Gerald M. Steinberg We are a generation that settles the land and without the steel helmet and the cannon’s maw, we will not be able to plant a tree and build a home. Let us not be deterred from seeing the loathing that is inflaming and filling the lives of the hundreds of thousands of Arabs who live around us. Let us not avert our eyes lest our arms weaken. This is the fate of our generation. This is our life's choice - to be prepared and armed, strong and determined, lest the sword be stricken from our fist and our lives cut down. --Moshe Dayan's Eulogy for Roi Rutenberg (April 19, 1956)1 Overview When the nascent Israeli leadership met on May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv to declare independence, the country was already being attacked by neighboring Arab armies. The clearly stated objective was to destroy the miniscule Jewish state, with its very vulnerable borders, before it could be established, using the apparently decisive Arab advantages in terms of territorial extent, armed forces, demography, and political influence. Israel overcame these hurdles in 1948 and in subsequent military confrontations, yet despite the development of formidable military capabilities, the inherent asymmetries and existential threats to the Jewish nation-state remain. Given this environment, Israel‟s survival has depended on the development of appropriate strategic and tactical responses. The period from 1948 to 1973 was characterized primarily by large scale confrontations with the armies of Egypt, Syria, 1 Iraq and Jordan in different combinations. -
The Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples and Its Protection: Rights and Challenges
The cultural heritage of indigenous peoples and its protection: rights and challenges Based on presentations of the International Expert Seminar of the Saami Cultural Heritage Week, organized by the Saami Council in Rovaniemi, October 27•28, 2008. Contents 1 Cultural heritage 1 1.2 Misappropriation of the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples 2 1.3 How to protect the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples? 3 1.3.1 Self•determination and free, prior and informed consent 4 2 General UN instruments relevant for the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples 5 2.1 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 5 2.2 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 6 2.3 The Universal Declaration on Human Rights 6 2.4 The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination 6 3 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 7 3.1 Non•discrimination 7 3.2 Self•determination 8 3.3 Indigenous peoples have to be seen as indigenous 9 3.4 Indigenous peoples and land rights 9 3.5 Culture 10 3.6 Recognition of indigenous peoples’ own institutions 11 3.7 Procedures 12 4 Other relevant international organizations and instruments 13 4.1 The World Intellectual Property Organization 13 4.1.1 The Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore 13 4.2 The ILO Convention No. 169 14 4.3 UNESCO 15 4.3.1 The Declaration on Cultural Diversity 16 4.3.2 The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 17 4.4 The Convention on Biological Diversity 17 4.5 The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man 19 5 Suggestions and best practices 19 5.1 Review of the draft principles and guidelines on the heritage of indigenous peoples 21 References 22 This document is based on the material from the International Expert Seminar of the Saami Cultural Heritage Week organized by the Saami Council in Rovaniemi October 27•28, 2008. -
German’ Communities from Eastern Europe at the End of the Second World War
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE, FLORENCE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION EUI Working Paper HEC No. 2004/1 The Expulsion of the ‘German’ Communities from Eastern Europe at the End of the Second World War Edited by STEFFEN PRAUSER and ARFON REES BADIA FIESOLANA, SAN DOMENICO (FI) All rights reserved. No part of this paper may be reproduced in any form without permission of the author(s). © 2004 Steffen Prauser and Arfon Rees and individual authors Published in Italy December 2004 European University Institute Badia Fiesolana I – 50016 San Domenico (FI) Italy www.iue.it Contents Introduction: Steffen Prauser and Arfon Rees 1 Chapter 1: Piotr Pykel: The Expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia 11 Chapter 2: Tomasz Kamusella: The Expulsion of the Population Categorized as ‘Germans' from the Post-1945 Poland 21 Chapter 3: Balázs Apor: The Expulsion of the German Speaking Population from Hungary 33 Chapter 4: Stanislav Sretenovic and Steffen Prauser: The “Expulsion” of the German Speaking Minority from Yugoslavia 47 Chapter 5: Markus Wien: The Germans in Romania – the Ambiguous Fate of a Minority 59 Chapter 6: Tillmann Tegeler: The Expulsion of the German Speakers from the Baltic Countries 71 Chapter 7: Luigi Cajani: School History Textbooks and Forced Population Displacements in Europe after the Second World War 81 Bibliography 91 EUI WP HEC 2004/1 Notes on the Contributors BALÁZS APOR, STEFFEN PRAUSER, PIOTR PYKEL, STANISLAV SRETENOVIC and MARKUS WIEN are researchers in the Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute, Florence. TILLMANN TEGELER is a postgraduate at Osteuropa-Institut Munich, Germany. Dr TOMASZ KAMUSELLA, is a lecturer in modern European history at Opole University, Opole, Poland. -
Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool Amanda Cats-Baril © 2020 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance International IDEA Strömsborg SE–103 34 Stockholm Sweden Tel: +46 8 698 37 00 Email: [email protected] Website: <https://www.idea.int> The electronic version of this publication, except the images, is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) licence. You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the publication as well as to remix and adapt it provided it is only for non- commercial purposes, that you appropriately attribute the publication, and that you distribute it under an identical licence. For more information on this licence see http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. International IDEA publications are independent of specific national or political interests. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the views of International IDEA, its Board or its Council members. Graphic and cover design: Richard van Rooijen (based on a concept developed by KSB Design) Cover image and artwork: Ancestors © Sarrita King Sarrita’s Ancestors paintings are layered with dots. Markings made on the land over thousands of years can be seen entangled with patterns covering the land today, such as sand hills, flora and paths made by humans and animals. Beneath the land are the waterways which have been virtually constant over time feeding the land, the flora, fauna and humans. These are the same waterways that supplied our ancestors which are now one with the land. -
Displacement and Development: Long Term Impacts of Population Transfer in India ∗
Displacement and Development: Long Term Impacts of Population Transfer in India ∗ Prashant Bharadwajy Rinchan Ali Mirzaz August 2018 Abstract The partition of British India in 1947 resulted in one of the largest and most rapid migrations and population transfers of the 20th century. Using refugee pres- ence by 1951 as a measure for the intensity of the impact of the population transfer, and district level data on agricultural output between 1911-2009 from India, we find using difference in differences and event study approaches that areas that received more refugees have higher average yields, are more likely to take up high yielding varieties of seeds, and are more likely to use agricultural technologies. The increase in yields and use of agricultural technology coincide with the timing of the Green Revolution in India. Using pre-partition data, we show that refugee placement is uncorrelated with soil and water table characteristics, agricultural infrastructure, and agricultural yields prior to 1947; hence, the effects are not explained by selec- tive movement into districts with a higher potential for agricultural development. We highlight refugee literacy and land reforms in areas with refugees as two of the many potential mechanisms that could be driving these effects. JEL Codes: O13, O33, O15, Q16, N55 ∗This project has benefitted from comments by Latika Chaudhary, James Fenske, Bishnupriya Gupta, Asim Khwaja, Takashi Kurosaki, Atif Mian, participants of the 17th World Economic History Congress, organizers and participants of the 10th International Conference on Migration and Development, and various seminar participants. yUniversity of California San Diego & NBER. Corresponding author: Economics Dept, 9500 Gilman Dr. -
Population Transfers in Mediterranean History: Ottoman Empire in the Fourteenth
POPULATION TRANSFERS IN MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY: OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE FOURTEENTH - SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES Fatma Müge Göçek University of Michigan Sociology Department Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Population transferi is the transportation of a group of people from one location to another under the authority of an organized body, almost exclusively the state. The earliest instances of population transfers in history often relate to warfare -- to the maintenance of territorial monopoly by the state. The neo-Assyrian emperor Sennacherib, when recounting his Judean campaign against Hezekiah in 701 B.C., refers to the "200,150 people great and small, male and female, horses, mules, asses, camels and sheep, without number," he transfers into his lands as spoil, a practice necessary for the domination of "the four rims of the earth (Oded 1979, pp. 1)." The themes of economic booty and political domination intersect as later empires attempt to coopt social groups through population transfers. Persian and Byzantine empires frequently deport large populations from within and outside their boundaries (Vryonis 1971); the Ottoman empire follows suit (Barkan 1949-51). A normative element is introduced to population transfers with the emergence of Enlightenment and the diffusion of nationalism in the West. As European societies emphasize natural and political rights, they ethically condemn many social practices, including population transfers. This interpretation does not hinder their practice, however; the differential definition of "civilized" versus "uncivilized" societies enables European powers to qualify what comprises a right for whom. Population transfers occur in the European colonies; in 1905-11, for example, Dutch colonialists in Java encourage the transmigration from overpopulated residencies to new open lands for cultivation (Kingston 1987, p. -
Land Confiscation and Denial of Use October 2017
FFORCEDORCED P POOPPULATIONULATION TTRANSFER:: TTHEHE CCASEASE O OFF P PALESTINEALESTINE LLANDAND CCONFISONFISCCATION AND DDENIAENIALL OFOF UUSESE WorkingWorking Paper Paper No. No. 21 21 This Series of Working Papers on forced population transfer constitutes a digestible overview of the forced displacement of Palestinians as a historic, yet ongoing process, which detrimentally affects the daily life of Palestinians and threatens their national existence. The Series utilizes an inclusive interpretation of the human rights-based approach, emphasizing that obligations under international law must supersede political considerations. Outlining the nuances and the broader implications of forced population transfer requires BADIL بـديـــــل careful scrutiny of Israeli policies aimed BADILResource Center المركز بـديـــــلالفلسطيني for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights Resource Center لمصـادر املركز حقـوق المواطنـة الفلسطينيوالـالجئيـن ,at forcibly transferring Palestinians for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights ملصـادر حقـــوق املواطنـة October 2017 والـالجئيـن and their role in the overall system of suppression in Palestine. October 2017 Editors: Lubnah Shomali and Amaya al-Orzza. Research: Lana Ramadan, Elsa Koehler, Lisa Auer, Cathrine Abuamsha, Granya Tiernan. Copy-edit: Anna Ty. Design and Layout: Atallah Salem ISBN: 978-9950-339-45-3 All rights reserved © BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights Forced Population Transfer: The Case of Palestine - Land Confiscation and Denial of Use October 2017 Credit and Notations To honor anonymity and protect the victims, in some cases their names have been omitted and information regarding their locations have been changed. Many thanks to all who have supported BADIL Resource Center throughout this research project and in particular to all interview partners who provided the foundation for this publication. -
The Israel-Gaza Crises of 2014: the Conduct of Hostility and Its Effect on Protected People
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences Vol. 9 , No. 12, December, 2019, E-ISSN: 2222-6990 © 2019 HRMARS The Israel-Gaza Crises of 2014: The Conduct of Hostility and Its Effect on Protected People Abdullahi Ayoade Ahmad, Abdul Majid Hafiz Bin Mohamed, Siti Munirah Binti Yusoff @ Md Nasir, Aesyah Binti Talib, Nur Sa’adah Binti Mohd Nor To Link this Article: http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i12/6747 DOI: 10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i12/6747 Received: 26 November 2019, Revised: 08 December 2019, Accepted: 22 December 2019 Published Online: 31 December 2019 In-Text Citation: (Ahmad et al., 2019) To Cite this Article: Ahmad, A. A., Mohamed, A. M. H. Bin, Nasir, S. M. B. Y. @ M., Talib, A. B., & Nor, N. S. B. M. (2019). The Israel-Gaza Crises of 2014: The Conduct of Hostility and Its Effect on Protected People. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(12), 514–532. Copyright: © 2019 The Author(s) Published by Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (www.hrmars.com) This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Vol. 9, No. 12, 2019, Pg. 514 - 532 http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/IJARBSS JOURNAL HOMEPAGE Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/publication-ethics 514 International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences Vol.