The United Nations principles on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons ("The pinheiro principles")
Subtitle: a commentary
By: By Khaled Hassine, Scott Leckie
Contributors: Leckie, Scott, author
Series: International studies in human rights -- volume 114
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9789004308855; 9789004308862
Subjects: Principles on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons; Housing; Humanitarian law; Refugees; Legal status, laws; Restitution
Description: "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"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.