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2005.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This study reviews the international property-related interventions in post-conflict Bosnia and Kosovo, and explains the justifications for establishing international mass claims proceedings to restore or compensate for lost property rights as a consequence of conflict and discrimination. The institutions and processes are a milestone in the protection of the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons in post-conflict peacebuilding. These case studies demonstrate that property restitution has not been fully successful in its primary objective of re-establishing multiethnic societies by safeguarding housing and property rights. It has nevertheless fostered the rule of law and contributed to ethnic reconciliation by providing post-conflict justice and acknowledging past wrongs.
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