Housing and property restitution in the context of the

Housing and property restitution in the context of the return
of refugees and internally displaced persons

Sub-Commission decision 1999/108

UNEDITED VERSION

At its 32nd meeting, on 25 August 1999, the SubCommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, recalling its resolution 1998/26 of 26 August 1998 on housing and property restitution in the context of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons and considering this subject to be of increasing importance, decided, without a vote, to continue its consideration of this question at its fiftysecond session and to recommend the following draft decision to the Commission on Human Rights for adoption:

"The Commission on Human Rights, noting resolution 1998/26 of 26 August 1998 of the SubCommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on housing and property restitution in the context of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons and SubCommission decision 1999/108 of 25 August 1999, and recalling Commission resolution 1999/47 of 27 April 1999 in which the Commission encouraged the SubCommission to continue its work on this matter, requests the SecretaryGeneral to transmit SubCommission resolution 1998/26 of 26 August 1998 to States, the Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on internally displaced persons, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, intergovernmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations for their comments."

[See chap. VI.]