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Refugees
The Right of Return
A wide range of international legal instruments, including human rights law, humanitarian law, law of nationality, UN resolutions, bilateral and regional agreements, domestic law, as well as general legal principles considered to be binding recognize the right of refugees to return to their places of origin. Many of these same legal instruments also recognize the right to restitution of property.
Factsheets
The Right of Return (PDF), Ali Abunimah and Hussein Ibish (23 May 2001)
National Lawyer Guild factsheet (PDF)
Human Rights Watch Policy on the Right of Return, HRW
The Crisis of Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return
UN Documents on the Right of Return
Analysis & Commentary
UN to adopt pathbreaking new global standard which demands return of confiscated refugee land and housing, COHRE (11 August 2005)
All Palestinians have a right to Palestine, Palestine Report (14 July 2005)
Jewish state idea mired in confusion, Khalid Amayreh (20 June 2005)
Palestinian right of return is feasible, Laila El-Haddad (31 May 2005)
Palestinians in Lebanon fear for the future, Laila El-Haddad (16 May 2005)
Democracy and Rights are also for Palestinian Refugees, Karma Nabulsi (10 May 2005)
PA: Palestinian refugees' right of return paramount, Khalid Amayreh (15 March 2005)
Protest March New York, includes Jewish support for refugees' return, Zachary Wales (4 August 2004)
The Olga Appeal: Israeli scholars and activists recognize the right of return, AIC (26 July 2004)
Civil society response to Bush declaration on right of return, ROR Congress (6 May 2004)
The right of return and the right of choice, Rifat Odeh Kassis (10 December 2003)
Can It Ever Really End?, Sam Bahour (2 December 2003)
Restitution: a major component in durable solutions, BADIL (20 October 2003)
The 'Right of Return' Debate Revisited external link, Max Abrahms, MEI Bulletin (18 September 2003)
Panelists at odds over role of international law in Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts, WCC (13 November 2003)
Efforts to negate right of return have long, ignoble history, Issam Nashashibi (29 August 2003)
On the Right of Return - Part II, Raja Halwani (19 August 2003)
Who undermines the right of return?, Salman Abu Sitta (18 August 2003)
Who said Palestinians gave up the right of return?, Ali Abunimah (23 July 2003)
On the right of return, Raja Halwani (23 June 2003)
No Sharon, we won't drop the right of return, Arjan El Fassed (8 May 2003)
'There can be no viable prospects for peace in the region without the full respect for human rights', OMCT (12 March 2002)
Israel, Palestinian Leaders Should Guarantee Right of Return as Part of Comprehensive Refugee Solution, HRW (22 December 2000)
BADIL Briefing papers
Reinterpreting Palestinian Refugee Rights Under International Law, and a Framework for Durable Solutions (PDF)
Temporary Protection and its Applicability to the Palestinian Refugee Case (PDF)
Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return: An International Law Analysis (PDF)
International Protection - Overview and Special Protection for Refugees"
The Right of Return and the Meaning of Refugee Choice
The Meaning of UN Resolution 194
Palestinian Refugees and the Individual Right of Return: An International Law Analysis (PDF)
Related Links
UN Documents on the Right of Return
UN Documents on Refugees and Displaced Persons
The Right of Return Congress
BADIL
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