[1][2] It includes the widespread destruction of a living environment, forcing the incumbent humans to move elsewhere.
[1][3] The concept of domicide originated in the 1970s, but only assumed its present meaning in 2022, after a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal.
[2][4][5] Rajagopal has argued that international law should be amended to consider domicide to be a war crime.
[8] The Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip is considered to be one of the most destructive campaigns in recent history.
[9] Balakrishnan Rajagopal, advisor to the United Nations on dams and Special Rapporteur on adequate housing accused Israel of committing domicide in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war.