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

Khaled Hassine, Scott Leckie

ISBN 10: 9004308857 / ISBN 13: 9789004308855

Published by Brill, NL, 2015

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004308857
• ISBN 13: 9789004308855
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Annotated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 2.9H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 2.9 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 699 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Dr. Khaled Hassine is a lawyer and housing, land and property (HLP) rights specialist. He has advised UN peace operations, research institutes and NGOs, and is a member of the HLP Group of the UN Global Protection Cluster, and the UNHCR Livelihoods Advisory Board.

Scott Leckie is an international human rights lawyer, academic, author, social entrepreneur, environmentalist, motivational public speaker, global citizen and the world's most widely published author on housing, land and property rights issues.