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supra note 64, art. 21(d).
100 Paris Principles, supra note 90, 7.77.
101 Id. 7.80.
102 Id. 7.81.
103 Id. 7.81.
104 Amnesty Int’l, Liberia: A Flawed Process Discriminates
against Women and Girls 44-49, AI Index AFR
34/004/2008, Mar. 31, 2008.
105 Development Alternatives, Inc., Assessment of the
Situation of Women and Children Combatants in the
Liberian Post-Conflict Period and Recommendations for
Successful Integration xiv (2003).
106 Amnesty Int’l, Liberia: A Flawed Process, supra note 104,
at 44.
107 Id.
108 Id.
109 Id.
110 Paris Principles, supra note 90.
111 Paris Principles, supra note 90; Amnesty Int’l, Liberia: A
Flawed Process, supra note 104, at 44.
112 Amnesty Int’l, Liberia: A Flawed Process, supra note 104,
at 45.
113 Development Alternatives, Inc., supra note 105, at xiv.
114 Amnesty Int’l, Liberia: A Flawed Process, supra note
104, at 45.
115 Id.
116 Development Alternatives, Inc., supra note 105, at xiv.
117 U.N. Comm’n on Human Rights, Guiding Principles
on Internal Displacement, Principle 25(1), U.N. Doc.
E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2 (Feb. 11, 1998).
118 U.N. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement,
supra note 117, Principles 3, 4(2).
119 Id. Principle 24; see also 26 th International Conference
of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Dec. 3-7, 1995,
Res. 4, art. A1(c) (Jan. 1, 1996) [hereinafter ICRC Res.
4].
120 Brookings Institution, supra note 28, at 67.
121 Brookings Institution, supra note 28, at 68-69.
122 U.N. High Comm’r for Human Rights, Sub-
Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities, Sub-Commission Res.
1998/26 (Aug. 26, 1998): Housing and Property
Restitution in the Context of Return of Refugees and
Internally Displaced Persons.
123 U.N. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement,
supra note 117, Principle 29.
124 Id. at Principle 20(2).
125 Brookings Institution, supra note 28, at 159.
126 Brookings Institution, supra note 28, at 159.
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127 Id. at 207.
128 Id.
129 Committee on the Rights of the Child, supra note 93,
61.
130 U.N. Principles on Housing and Property Restitution
for Refugees and Displaced Persons (Pinheiro
Principles), Principle 2.1 (2005).
131 Id. Principles 2.1-2.2.
132 Id. Principle 12.1.
133 Id. Principle 12.2.
134 Id. Principle 12.3.
135 Id. Principle 12.4. Guidelines may address
“institutional organization, staff training and
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caseloads, investigation and complaints procedures,
verification of property ownership or other rights of
possession, as well as decision-making, enforcement
and appeals mechanisms.” Id.
Id. Principle 12.5.
137 Id. Principle 12.6.
138 Id. Principle 12.4.
139 Aili Mari Tripp, Women’s Movements, Customary Law and
Land Rights in Africa: the Case of Uganda, 7 Afr. studies
QuArterly 2 (Spring 2004), http://www.africa.ufl.
edu/asq/v7/v7i4a1.htm.
140 Id. at 5.
141 Pinheiro Principles, supra note 130, Principles 13.1-
13.2.
142 Id. Principles 13.2, 13.3, 13.6, and 13.10.
143 Id. Principle 13.7.
144 Id. Principles 13.4-13.5, 13.11.
145 Id. Principle 13.12.
146 U.N. food & AgriCulture org., fAo lAnd
tenure studies 8: ACCess to rurAl lAnd And lAnd
AdministrAtion After violent ConfliCts 57-68
(2005).
147 Pinheiro Principles, supra note 130, Principle 21.1.
Restitution is to be found impossible in “exceptional
circumstances,” i.e. when the housing, land, or
property has been destroyed or no longer exists. Id.
Principle 21.2.
148 Id. Principle 21.2.
149 Id. Principle 18, 19.3.
150 Id. Principle 19.1-19.2.
151 Id. Principle 20.1.
152 Id. Principle 20.3, 20.4.
153 Id. Principle 15.1, 15.3
154 U.N. food & AgriCulture org., supra note 146, at
69-70.
155 Id. Principle 15.4-15.6.