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Right of Return
Palestinian Refugee Right of Return
To this day, the Israeli colonial-apartheid regime has denied the Palestinian people the right of return, a right repeatedly affirmed by the international community, primarily through the adoption of racist laws that regulate citizenship and residency as well as property and land ownership. Israel’s denial of the right of return directly breaches international law, which compels states to make remedies for wrongful acts committed and guarantee non-recurrence of said acts, and constitutes a violation of the Palestinian right to self-determination, which without the right of return for Palestinian refugees and IDPs would be incomplete. The international community must exert pressure on Israel to recognize the right of return of Palestinian refugees, and to implement it, starting with the revocation of all legislation and policies in place that deny return of all those displaced, followed by taking positive steps to facilitate the repatriation of all those displaced
Research | Al-Majdal Articles | Legal Interventions | Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs
- Palestinians and the Search for Protection as Refugees and Stateless Persons
- Papers of Palestinian Youth Conference Right of Return: Towards a Practical Approach
- One People United - A Deterritorialized Palestinian Identity
- Forced Population Transfer: The Case of Palestine: Denial of Reparations
- Stop the Ongoing Discrimination against Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
- Trump’s so-called Vision/Deal of the Century: A Move to End the Palestinian Refugees Issue through Serious Breaches of International Law
- Do Israeli Rights Conflict with the Palestinian Right of Return? Identifying the Possible Legal Arguments
- The Role of International Law and Human Rights in Peacemaking and Crafting Durable Solutions for Refugees
- Rights in Principle – Rights in Practice, Revisiting the Role of International Law in Crafting Durable Solutions for Palestinian Refugees
- The 1948 Palestinian Refugees and the Individual Right of Return An International Law Analysis
- Palestinian Refugee Children: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION AND DURABLE SOLUTIONS
- Returning to Kafr Bir'im
- Rights of return and self determination asserted in all international law
- Peace Agreements and Refugees – Lessons Learned
- Internally Displaced Palestinians, International Protection and Durable Solutions
- Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return: An International Law Analysis
- Principles and Mechanisms for a Durable Solution for Palestinian Refugees
- Principles and Mechanisms for a Durable Solution for Palestinian Refugees: The “Taba Proposals”
- The Right of Return – An Analysis of Recent Debate in the Israeli Press
- The Right of Return and the Meaning of Refugee Choice
- Forced Secondary Displacement: Palestinian Refugees in Arab host countries (Issue No.44, Summer-Autumn 2010)
- Palestinian refugees from Syria: Ongoing Nakba, Ongoing Discrimination 2 ( Issue No.57, Summer 2015)
- Palestinian refugees from Syria: Ongoing Nakba, Ongoing Discrimination ( Issue No.56, Autumn 2014)
- "Reinstatements" al-majdal Special ( Issue.No 50, Autumn 2012)
- Forced Population Transfer in Palestine; Thinking Practically about Return (Issue No.49, Spring-Summer 2012)
- Forced Secondary Displacement: Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Jordan, and Libya (Issue No.45, Winter 2010)
- A Role for Oral History - Uncovering Palestinian Memory (Issue No.32, Winter 2007)
- Palestinian Internally Displaced Persons (issue No.30-31, Summer-Autumn 2006)
- Restitution - Making Return a Reality (Issue No.27, Autumn 2005)
- Refugee Rights and an Indigenous Agenda for Human Rights and Democracy (Issue No.21, Spring 2004)
- Back to Basics: Building Durable Solutions from the Ground Up (Issue No.19, Autumn 2003)
- Why International Law Matters for Palestinian Refugees? Roadmap or Roadblock (Issue No.18, Summer 2003)
- Can Israel Separate from the Palestinians? Refugees, A two-State Slution, and an End to the Conflict (Issue No.16-17, Winter 2002 - Spring 2003)
- Racism, Refugees and Apartheid (Issue No.15, Autumn 2002)
- Jenin: War Crimes, International Law, and Durable Solutions for Refugees (Issue No.14, Summer 2002)
- The Jewish State and the Right of Return (Issue No.13, Spring 2002)
- Collective and Individual Rights: Palestinian Statehood and the Right of Return (Issue No.12, Winter 2001)
- Facing the Right of Return (Issue No.9, Spring 2001)
- Remembering the Victims of Sabra & Shatila (Issue No.7, Autumn 2000)
- Strategies for the Defense of the Right of Return in the shadow of the Final Status Negotiations (Issue No.6, Summer 2000)
- Stocktaking and Perspectives of a Broad, community-based campaign for the Palestinian refugees' right of return and restitution (Issue No.5, Spring 2000)
- Towards a Just and Durable Peace (Issue No.4, Winter 1999)
- Palestinian Refugees and the Final Status Negotiations (Issue No.3, Autumn 1999)
- Palestinian Refugees: Reclaiming the Right of Return (Issue No.1, Spring 1999)
- BADIL’s Written Statement, UNHRC, 50th, Item #3 (25 June 2022): The Ongoing Phenomenon of Palestinian Internal Displacement
- BADIL’s Oral Statement, UNHRC, 50th, Item #3 (25 June 2022): The Ongoing Phenomenon of Palestinian Internally Displacement
- BADIL’s Written Statement, UNHRC, 50th, Item #3 (21 June 2022): Upholding the Rights of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Responsibility of Lebanon, Israel, and the International Community
- BADIL’s Oral Statement, UNHRC, 50th, Item #3 (23 June 2022): Upholding the Rights of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Responsibility of Lebanon, Israel, and the International Community
- Written Statement, UNHRC, 46th, Item #2 (22 February 2021): The International Community Must Include Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Refugees’ Rights in its Accountability Framework and Measures
- Written Statement, UNHRC, 44th, Item #7 (28 May 2020): US President Trump’s Vision: Marginalizing Palestinian Refugee and IDP Rights and Deviating from International Law
- Written Statement, UNHRC, 41st, Item #7 (June 2019): Palestinian Refugees and IDPs:fortifying UNRWA and closing the protection gap
- Joint Oral Statement, UNHRC, 38th, (26 June 2018): Panel discussion on the human rights of IDPs in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
- Oral Statement, UNHRC, 24th, Item #4 (September 2013): Equal Treatment of all Refugees fleeing Syria
- Written Statement, UNHRC, 24th, Item #7 (22 August 2013): Israeli Violations of the Palestinian's Right of Return and Non-refoulement
- Oral Statement, UNHRC, 21st, Item #4 (September 2012):Palestinian Refugees from Syria
Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2019-2021
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2016-2018
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2013-2015
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2010-2012
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2008-2009
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2006-2007
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2004-2005
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2003
- Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2002
- Palestinian Refugees in Exile - Country Profile Packet