Meaning of domicide | Babel Free

Definitions

The deliberate destruction of a home or homes.

Examples

“Currently, no word exists for the action of destroying peoples’ homes and/or expelling them from their homeland. We suggest⟳ the neologism “domicide,” the deliberate destruction of home that causes suffering to its inhabitants.”

“The work⟳ of Porteous and Smith (2001, 64) is central here to understanding what is coined "domicide", the deliberate destruction of home, which in its "extreme" form⟳ involves "major, planned operations that occur⟳ rather sporadically in time but often affect⟳ large areas and change⟳ the lives of considerable numbers of people".”

“Inspired by Katherine Boo (2012, p. 251) who contends that "better arguments, maybe even better policies, get⟳ formulated only when we know⟳ more about ordinary lives", I draw⟳ on the displacees’ testimonials collected from formal and informal settings and examine⟳ their intense, layered and complex experiences of losing homes and communities, or domicide.”

“Domicide, a concept increasingly accepted in academia, is not a distinct crime against humanity under international law, and the UN special rapporteur on the right to housing tabled a report⟳ to the UN in October last⟳ year arguing that “a very important protection gap” needed to be filled.”

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