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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
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 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 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 issued by the Council of Ministers concerning durable
solutions for Palestinian refugees.
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