Restitution should, whenever possible, restore the victim to the original situation before the gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law occurred.

Restitution should, whenever possible, restore the victim to the original situation before the gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law occurred.

Restitution

19. Restitution should, whenever possible, restore the victim to the original situation before the gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law occurred. Restitution includes, as appropriate restoration of liberty, enjoyment of human rights, identity, family life and citizenship, return to one's place of residence, restoration of employment and return of property.

As such, the Principles incorporate a forward looking and holistic approach to housing, land and property restitution under international law.

(a) Restitution

Accessibility of restitution claims procedures

Post conflict restitution

Enforcement of restitution decisions and judgements

18.1 States should ensure that the right of refugees and displaced persons to housing, land and property restitution is recognized as an essential component of the rule of law.

Convinced that the right to housing, land and property restitution is essential to the resolution of conflict and to post conflict peacebuilding, safe and sustainable return and the establishment of the rule of law, and that careful monitoring of restitution programmes by international organizations and affected States is indispensable to ensuring their effective implementation,

Convinced that the right to housing, land and property restitution is essential to the resolution of conflict and to post conflict peace building, safe and sustainable return and the establishment of the rule of law, and that careful monitoring of restitution programmes, on the part of international organizations and affected States, is indispensable to ensuring their effective implementation,

Convinced that the right to housing, land and property restitution is essential to the resolution of conflict and to post conflict peacebuilding, safe and sustainable return and the establishment of the rule of law, and that careful monitoring of restitution programmes, on the part of international organizations and affected States is indispensable to ensuring their effective implementation,

Persons whose property had been confiscated were, under section 23.2 of the Act, eligible to recover their property, subject to conditions to be spelled out in a separate restitution law.

Subject matter Non restitution of confiscated property based on citizenship

States should develop a legal framework for protecting the right to housing, land and property restitution which is clear, consistent and, where necessary, consolidated in a single law.

The Right to Housing and Property Restitution

The right to housing and property restitution

The nomads were ordered to pay restitution.

4.2 States should ensure that housing, land and property restitution programmes, policies and practices recognize the joint ownership rights of both male and female heads of the household as an explicit component of the restitution process, and that restitution programmes, policies and practices reflect a gender sensitive approach.

13.6 States should ensure that users of housing, land and or property, including tenants, have the right to participate in the restitution claims process, including through the filing of collective restitution claims.

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58 17. Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin

61 52. Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin

He made restitution and found himself a new job.

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons

22.6 International peace operations, depending on the mission context, should be requested to support the protection of the right to housing, land and property restitution, including through the enforcement of restitution decisions and judgements.

The right to restitution exists as a distinct right, and is prejudiced neither by the actual return nor non return of refugees and displaced persons entitled to housing, land and property restitution.

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States shall, in order to comply with the principle of restorative justice, ensure that the remedy of compensation is only used when the remedy of restitution is not factually possible, or when the injured party knowingly and voluntarily accepts compensation in lieu of restitution, or when the terms of a negotiated peace settlement provide for a combination of restitution and compensation.

Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons

States should not establish any preconditions for filing a restitution claim.

Housing and property restitution in the context of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons

Property restitution issues are an additional common obstacle to successful return of refugees and IDPs.

19.3 States should ensure that all national policies related to the right to housing, land and property restitution fully guarantee the rights of women and girls to be protected from discrimination and to equality in both law and practice.

13.9 States should establish a clear time period for filing restitution claims.

20.2 States should ensure, through law and other appropriate means, that local and national authorities are legally obligated to respect, implement and enforce decisions and judgements made by relevant bodies regarding housing, land and property restitution.

The Committee held that a state cannot impose arbitrary conditions for the restitution of confiscated property.

22.3 International organizations should work with national Governments and share expertise on the development of national housing, land and property restitution policies and programmes and help ensure their compatibility with international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law and related standards.

23.1 The Principles on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons shall not be interpreted as limiting, altering or otherwise prejudicing the rights recognized under international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law and related standards, or rights consistent with these laws and standards as recognized under national law.

With the aim of complementing the UNESCO Convention from the point of view of private law and establishing a body of uniform legal rules for the restitution and return of stolen or illicitly exported cultural goods, the Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects was adopted in Rome on 24 June 1995 by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law.