Housing, Land, Property Rights in Post Conflict United Nations Other - A Comparative Survey and Proposal for Reform

This book is about the UN's role in housing, land, and property rights in countries after violent conflict.

List of contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. UN peace operations and housing, land, and property rights in post-conflict settings: from neglect to delicate embrace Scott Leckie; Part II. Case Studies: 2. Cambodia Rhodri C. Williams; 3. Kosovo Margaret Cordial and Knut Roandhaug; 4. East Timor, Bougainville, Solomon Islands and Aceh Daniel Fitzpatrick and Rebecca Monson; 5. Afghanistan Conor Foley; 6. Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo Chris Higgins; 7. Iraq Nigel Thomson; 8. Sudan Paul de Wit and Jeffrey Hatcher; 9. Local housing market impacts of UN peace operations: inevitabilities and consequences Mayra Gomez; Part III. Conclusions: 10. Possible components of a unified global policy on housing, land, and property rights in post-conflict settings Scott Leckie.

Summary

This book provides the first overview of how United Nations peace operations have addressed the housing, land, and property rights challenges that face all countries emerging from conflict. Through analysis of UN peace missions in various locations, this volume provides a unique array of perspectives on what the UN has done right and what it should do in the future.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Leckie
• Assisted by: Scott Leckie (Editor), Leckie Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2014
• EAN: 9781107683419
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68341-9
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International institutions, International humanitarian law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law, United Nations & Un Agencies, International Organisations & Institutions