Az Európa Tanács Parlamenti Közgyűlése (PACE) legutóbbi határozatában (Solving property issues of refugees and displaced persons) foglalkozott a menekültek restitucióhoz való jogához. A határozat a dán Jørgen Poulsen képviselő tervezetén alapul.
A bevezetőből:
1. The displacement of millions of people worldwide is one of the key human rights and humanitarian challenges of our time. For both refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) the loss of housing, land and property is the foremost challenge to the achievement of durable solutions to displacement.
2. As many as 2.5 million refugees and IDPs face this situation in Council of Europe member states, particularly in the North and South Caucasus, the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean. Displacement in Europe is often protracted, with affected persons unable to return to or access their homes and land since the 1990s and earlier.
3. The destruction, occupation and confiscation of abandoned property violate the rights of the individuals concerned, perpetuate displacement and complicate reconciliation and peace-building. Therefore, the restitution of properties, meaning the restoration of rights and physical possession in favour of displaced former residents, or compensation, are forms of redress necessary for restoring the rights of the individual and the rule of law.
4. The Parliamentary Assembly considers that restitution is the optimal response to the loss of access and rights to housing, land and property because, alone among forms of redress, it facilitates choice between three “durable solutions” to displacement: return to one’s original home in safety and dignity; local integration at the site of displacement; or resettlement either at some other site within the country of origin or outside its borders.
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