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Durable solutions to refugee flows include voluntary repatriation,
voluntary host country integration and voluntary third country
resettlement. Of the three solutions only repatriation or return is
recognized as an individual right under international law. The
international community considers voluntary return to be the must
durable solution to refugee flows. Voluntariness or refugee choice is
the key principle governing these solutions. Refugees also have an
individual right to housing and property restitution and compensation
for damages and losses.
UN General Assembly
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UN Security Council
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UN Mediator on Palestine
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(UNCCP)
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(UNHCR)
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Protection of Human Rights |
UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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Arab League
UN Sub-Commission on the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Documents include resolutions,
working papers, and reports related to the right of refugees and
displaced persons to return to their homes and repossess their
properties.
UN General Assembly
Documents include resolutions
reaffirming the right of return, restitution, and compensation. The
primary UNGA resolutions include Res. 194, 11 December 1948, Res. 2252,
4 July 1967, and Res. 36/146, 16 December 1981. The General Assembly has
reaffirmed these resolutions annually since the original date of
adoption.
UN Security Council
Documents cover resolutions,
including those vetoed by members of the Council, reaffirming the right
of refugees to return to their homes.
UN Mediator on Palestine
Documents include General
Assembly resolutions related the mandate of the UN Mediator and
recommendations for durable solutions for Palestinian refugees.
UN Conciliation Commission for
Palestine (UNCCP)
Documents include resolutions
defining the UNCCP mandate, annual reports, and working papers of the
UNCCP.
UN High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
Documents include UNHCR
Executive Committee Conclusions defining durable solutions, operational
manuals, and checklists concerning return and housing and property
restitution.
UN Human Rights Treaty
Bodies
Documents include treaty body
observations on the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their
homes and
repossess their properties,
and general comments related to the human rights of refugees and
displaced persons.
Arab League
Documents include Arab League
resolutions concerning durable solutions for Palestinian refugees.
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