Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Preamble -- Section I Scope and Application -- Section II The Right to Housing and Property Restitution -- Section III Overarching Principles -- Section IV The Right to Voluntary Return in Safety and Dignity -- Section V Legal, Policy, Procedural and Institutional Implementation Mechanisms -- Section VI The Role of the International Community, Including International Organizations -- Section VII Interpretation -- Part 2: Travaux Préparatoires of the Pinheiro Principles: United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons -- Part 3: Annotated Bibliography on the ‘Pinheiro Principles’: United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons -- Index.

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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.