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UNITED
NATIONS PRINCIPLES ON HOUSING AND PROPERTY RESTITUTION
FOR
REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS - THE PINHEIRO PRINCIPLES
Direct
Link to Pinheiro Principles:
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"Principle
2: All refugees and displaced persons have the right to have restored to them
any housing, land or property of which they were arbitrarily or unlawfully
deprived..." |
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notes for GENDER:
*Principle
2: All refugees and displaced persons have the right to have restored to
them any housing, land or property of which they were arbitrarily or unlawfully
deprived..........
*Principle
4: The right to equality between men and women
4.1 States shall ensure the equal right of men and women, and the equal
right of boys and girls, to housing,
land and property restitution. States shall ensure the equal right of men and
women, and the equal right
of boys and girls, inter alia, to voluntary return in safety and dignity, legal
security of tenure, property
ownership, equal access to inheritance, as well as the use, control of and
access to housing, land and property.
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.
4.3
States shall ensure that housing, land and property restitution programmes,
policies and practices do not
disadvantage women and girls. States should adopt positive measures to ensure
gender equality in this regard.
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