The Right of Return in Iraq

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7 - The Right of Return in Iraq

Conceptualizing Insecurity, State Fragility, and Forced Displacement

from Part II - Law, Justice, and Hope

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2019

Shamiran Mako and

Hannibal Travis

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Nergis Canefe

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York University, Toronto

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Transitional justice aspires to dealing with the aftermath of large-scale international crimes perpetrated during dictatorships, in countries at war, or as a result of organized crime. Scholars, diplomats, politicians, activists, community leaders, and United Nations officials have long recognized the resettlement and reintegration of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) as an essential pillar of transitional justice. In particular, the post-conflict reconstruction efforts in post-1948 Israel and Palestine, and during the post-1995 era in the Balkans, prioritized the legal obligation of states to permit refugees and IDPs to return to their homes and become full members of society.

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Information: Transitional Justice and Forced Migration
Critical Perspectives from the Global South
, pp. 158 - 190

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