Housing, land, and property restitution rights of refugees and displaced persons : laws, cases, and materials / edited by Scott Leckie.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2007.

1st edition

84528

Restitution.

Restitution -- Cases.

Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Right of property.

Repatriation.

1. International humanitarian law

2. Peace agreements

3. Voluntary repatriation agreements

4. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

5. UN Security Council

6. UN General Assembly

7. UN Commission on Human Rights

8. UN Sub-Commision on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights

9. UN human rights treaty bodies

10. Additional standards.

The Pinheiro principles recognise that millions of refugees and displaced persons worldwide continue to live in precarious and uncertain situations, and that all refugees and displaced persons have a right to voluntary return, in safety and dignity, to their original or former habitual homes and lands. In order for such principles to work for the benefit of the dispossessed there must be a legal framework that recognises and legitimises a right to housing, land, and property restitution. This is a specialized text of collected materials dealing with the rights of refugees and displaced persons to have restored to them the housing, land and property rights they held at the time of their displacement.

Includes index.

9781107682566

xxii, 570 p. ; 26 cm