Property restitution in practice : the Norwegian Refugee Council's experience / Ingunn Sofie Aursnes and Conor Foley.

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  • Pamphlet HV 640 .A97 2005

Cover title.

“April 2005”.

“This paper was written in connection to the expert consultation on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons, April 21-22 2005”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Introduction (p. 2)—Origins and methodology (p. 4)—The Balkans (p. 5)—Afghanistan and Pakistan (p. 10—Georgia (p. 14)—Azerbaijan (p. 16)—Colombia (p. 17)—Uganda (p. 19)—Sudan (p. 22)—Sri Lanka (p. 24)—Conclusions (p. 27).

Summary: “As the preliminary report of the special rapporteur notes, the issue of land, housing and property restitution is a pressing concern for millions of persons displaced throughout the world. The right of these people to return home is safety and dignity is still not widely recognized by many states, either in principle or practice, one significant reason for setting and defining standards, through the adoption of these principles, should be to mobilize international opinion to support HLP restitution programs. This paper contains a brief overview of some of NRC’s experiences in trying to defend HLP rights on behalf of people who have been driven from their homes. Although NRC’s ICLA programs have been implemented in a wide variety of different settings, we believe that they share some common features, which may provide useful guidance for the development of a global HLP restitution strategy”—(p. 27).