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'Displaced persons' under Contemporary International Law : The Right to Property and to Return Home after Armed Conflict.
Code
01T01312
Duration
05 February 2013 → 04 October 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Law
    • Other law and legal studies
Keywords
armed conflict international human rights right to return home UN Security Council powers peace agreements displacement humanitarian law right to property
 
Project description
 

The displacement of persons due to armed conflict constitutes a contemporary international legal problem of sigificant proportions with serious human rights ramifications for those concerned. The research will focus on the international legal framework relating to the right to property and to retrun home as significant factors for the restoration of peace and the rule of law.