Post-conflict property restitution : the approach in Kosovo and lessons learned for future international practice / by Margaret Cordial and Knut Rosandhaug
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009
VOLUME I. Post-conflict property restitution for refugees and displaced persons under international law -- Housing and property restitution in Kosovo -- Institutions responsible for property restitution : Housing and Property Directorate and Housing and Property Claims Commission -- Category and nature of claims -- Claims processing -- The decision making process -- Service and implementation of decisions -- Reconsideration requests -- Closure of claim files and establishment of the Kosovo Property Agency -- Jurisprudence of the Housing and Property Claims Commission -- Restitution and compensation -- Administration, funding, and institutional structure of the HPD -- Features of the HPD/HPCC process and overall contribution to peace building in Kosovo -- Lessons learned -- VOLUME II. The members of the Housing and Property Claims Commission -- UNMIK regulations -- Additional rules of the Housing and Property Claims Commission -- Executive directors of the Housing and Property Directorate -- Decisions of the Housing and Property Claims Commission : Part I : Decisions on claims ; Part II : Decisions on reconsideration requests
Summary
Offers a comprehensive overview of property restitution in post-conflict Kosovo. This volume considers the origins and evolution of the right to property restitution for refugees and internally displaced persons
