Right of return
| Subclass of | freedom of movement  |
|---|---|
| Facet give | international law, nationality |
| Get characteristic | customary international law |
De right of return be a principle insyd international law wich dey guarantee everyone ein right of return to, anaa re-entry to, dema country of citizenship. De right of return be part of de broader human rights concept of freedom of movement wey e sanso relate to de legal concept of nationality.[1] While chaw states dey afford dema citizens de right of abode, de right of return no be restricted to citizenship anaa nationality insyd de formal sense.[2] E dey allow stateless persons den for those dem born outsyd dema country to return for de first time, so long as dem maintain a "genuine den effective link".[2][3]
De right be formulated insyd chaw modern treaties den conventions, most notably insyd de 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, de 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights den de 1948 Fourth Geneva Convention. Na legal scholars argue say na one anaa more of dese international human rights instruments attain de status of customary international law wey dat de right of return therefore dey bind on non-signatories to dese conventions.[4][5]
De right of return often be invoked by representatives of refugee groups make dem assert say dem get a right to return to de country from wich na dem be displaced.
History
[edit | edit source]De right to leave any country den to return to one ein own country be regarded as human rights wey na e be founded on natural law.[6]
Countries plus laws wey dey confer a right of return
[edit | edit source]Abkhazia (self-declared)
[edit | edit source]Armenia
[edit | edit source]Austria
[edit | edit source]Finland
[edit | edit source]France
[edit | edit source]Germany
[edit | edit source]Ghana
[edit | edit source]Ghana dey allow people plus African ancestry make dem apply for den be granted de right to stay insyd Ghana indefinitely, known as de Right of Abode.[7][8]
Greece
[edit | edit source]Hungary
[edit | edit source]Ireland
[edit | edit source]Israel
[edit | edit source]Latvia
[edit | edit source]Poland
[edit | edit source]Portugal
[edit | edit source]Romania
[edit | edit source]Russia
[edit | edit source]Spain
[edit | edit source]United States of America
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Tjasa Leskovic Vendramin. "The Right to Return of Refugees inInternational Law: The Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- 1 2 "The Human Rights Committee General Comment on Article 12 of the International Covenant on civil and Political Rights (November 1999)". Human Rights Watch.
- ↑ "2. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)". Institute Statelessness and Inclusion. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- ↑ "United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law". legal.un.org. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ↑ Rosand, Eric (1998). "The Right to Return Under International Law Following Mass Dislocation: The Bosnia Precedent? Dislocation: The Bosnia Precedent?". Michigan Journal of International Law. 19 (4).
- ↑ J.D. Inglés (1963), Study of Discrimination in Respect of the Right of Everyone to Leave any Country, Including His Own, and to Return to His Country, Geneva, UN, UN Sales no. 64.XIV.2, UN Doc E/CN.4/Sub.2/220/Rev.1
- ↑ Dovi, Efam (11 May 2015). "Ghana, a place for African-Americans to resettle". The Africa Report. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Wall Street Journal, War Echo: Ousted by Poland in 1945, Germans Want Homes Back, August 11, 2004
- Let Them Return – The Chagos People's Homeland Campaign Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Law of Return, 1950—Government of the State of Israel
- The Right of Return in International Law by Eyal Benvenisti
- The problem is how to become Israeli – Amon Rubenstein, Ha'aretz
- Do Palestinian Refugees Have a Right to Return to Israel? by Ruth Lapidoth
- International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Julius Stone
- The Feasibility of the Right of Return by Salman Abu-Sittah
- Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return: An International Law Analysis by Gail J. Boling
- The Palestinian Refugees and the non-existence of the Right of Return, Ben-Dror Yemini