Handbook on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Handbook on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons
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Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2007
Genre: Refugee property
ISBN:

UN-HABITAT has teamed up with leading agencies to help displaced people and refugees returning home assert their rights to housing and property lost during conflict through the publication of a new Handbook aimed at putting right a major gap in global humanitarian response systems. The Handbook will contribute to efforts to strengthen the protection of restitution rights for refugees and displaced persons. It is meant as a practical tool for practitioners to understand these rights and to support a fast-track diagnosis of needs. It also provides guidance on the role of the international community and international organizations in facilitating restitution processes and asserting the rights of refugees and displaced persons in this respect.

The United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons

The United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons
Author: Khaled Hassine
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2015-11-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004308865

In the first Commentary on the United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons – known colloquially as the Pinheiro Principles – Khaled Hassine and Scott Leckie outline the restitution rights of persons who have faced forced displacement and the loss of their homes, lands and properties. The Commentary compiles and analyzes in considerable detail the legal contents of the Pinheiro Principles - a consolidated international instrument generated by the United Nations in 2005 to provide a solid normative framework on these questions and which legal duties exist for states and the international community to secure them. The book will be of vital interest for all actors concerned with applying restitution rights in practice.

Returning Home: Housing and Property Restitution Rights for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Returning Home: Housing and Property Restitution Rights for Refugees and Displaced Persons
Author: Scott Leckie
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004502289

This volume is a unique effort to cover the topic of the restitution of housing and property in light of lessons learned in the Balkans, South Africa, East Timor, and in a range of other countries that have made the shift from conflict to peace. Individual chapters by authors with direct experience dealing with housing and property restitution in particular contexts will bring into focus the legal and human rights aspects of this question. All parties involved in human rights, refugee assistance, post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation, and property rights will find this volume to be an indispensable resource now that housing and property restitution is viewed as an essential element of post-conflict reconstruction and a primary means of reversing “ethnic cleansing.”

Returning Home

Returning Home
Author: Scott Leckie
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Political refugees
ISBN: 9781571052414

This volume is a unique effort to cover the topic of the restitution of housing and property in light of lessons learned in the Balkans, South Africa, East Timor, and in a range of other countries that have made the shift from conflict to peace. Individual chapters by authors with direct experience dealing with housing and property restitution in particular contexts will bring into focus the legal and human rights aspects of this question. All parties involved in human rights, refugee assistance, post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation, and property rights will find this volume to be an indispensable resource now that housing and property restitution is viewed as an essential element of post-conflict reconstruction and a primary means of reversing "ethnic cleansing.".

The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Author: Anneke Smit
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0415579600

The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Beyond Restitution pursues a rigorous examination of the various ways in which the protection of housing and property rights can contribute to durable solutions to displacement.

Housing and Property Restitution Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons

Housing and Property Restitution Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons
Author: Scott Leckie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2007-05-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139464094

The breadth of the restitution standards found within this volume, combined with selected examples of case law and other materials, is a clear indication that a right to housing, land, and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons has emerged within the global legal domain.

Conflict and Housing, Land and Property Rights

Conflict and Housing, Land and Property Rights
Author: Scott Leckie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2011-02-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139495615

Housing, land and property (HLP) rights, as rights, are widely recognized throughout international human rights and humanitarian law and provide a clear and consistent legal normative framework for developing better approaches to the HLP challenges faced by the UN and others seeking to build long-term peace. This book analyses the ubiquitous HLP challenges present in all conflict and post-conflict settings. It will bridge the worlds of the practitioner and the theorist by combining an overview of the international legal and policy frameworks on HLP rights with dozens of detailed case studies demonstrating country experiences from around the world. The book will be of particular interest to professors and students of international relations, law, human rights, and peace and conflict studies but will have a wider readership among practitioners working for international institutions such as the United Nations and the World Bank, non-governmental organizations, and national agencies in the developing world.