Haƙƙin dawowa wata ka'ida ce a cikin dokokin ƙasa da ƙasa da ke tabbatar da yancin kowa na komawa, ko sake shiga ƙasarsa ta radin kansa ko ta zama ɗan ƙasa . Haƙƙin dawowa wani ɓangare ne na babban ra'ayi na haƙƙin ɗan adam 'yancin motsi kuma yana da alaƙa da ra'ayin doka na ɗan ƙasa . Yayin da jihohi da yawa ke ba wa 'yan ƙasarsu ' yancin zama, 'yancin komawa ba'a iyakance ga ɗan ƙasa ko ɗan ƙasa a zahiri ba. Yana ba wa marasa jiha da waɗanda aka haifa a wajen ƙasarsu damar dawowa a karon farko, muddun sun ci gaba da “hanyar haɗin gwiwa ta gaske kuma mai inganci.” An tsara haƙƙin a cikin yarjejeniyoyin zamani da yarjejeniyoyin zamani, musamman a cikin 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1966 International Covenation on Civil and Political Rights and the Fourth Geneva Convention 1948. Masana shari'a sun yi iƙirarin cewa ɗaya ko fiye daga cikin waɗannan ƙa'idodin haƙƙin ɗan adam na duniya sun kai matsayin dokokin duniya na al'ada don haka haƙƙin komawa ya kasance kan waɗanda ba su sanya hannu kan waɗannan yarjejeniyoyin ba.