Article 5 of the Convention on refugees and displaced persons 1996, para. 2c
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[Emphasizes in this respect that:] All such refugees and displaced persons have, after their return to their homes of origin, the right to have restored to them property of which they were deprived in the course of the conflict and to be compensated appropriately for any such property that cannot be restored to them. Any commitments or statements relating to such property made under duress are null and void;
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
1996
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CERD General Recommendation No. 22, Article 5 of the Convention on refugees and displaced persons (1996), para. 2c.