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Housing, Land and Property Rights: Residential Justice, Conflict Zones and Climate Change

Housing, Land and Property Rights: Residential Justice, Conflict Zones and Climate Change

Author: Scott Leckie
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032468013

Published In: September 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781032467979

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This book explores various contemporary aspects of the growing field of housing, land and property (HLP) rights. HLP rights have undergone a major transformation in recent decades, but much remains to be done to bring their promise to the billions of people who have yet to access them. This work presents several innovative ways by which the entire field of HLP rights can be strengthened in support of those to whom they are promised by human rights laws. It outlines the author’s suggestions for creating a new World Restitution Agency, expanding our understanding of the term ‘internationally wrongful act’ to HLP crimes, the links between mine action and HLP rights in post-conflict societies and the need to include HLP issues in peace agreements. The book concludes with several chapters that outline suggestions for better addressing climate displacement, including the need for national climate land banks, the role of the courts and how to re-distribute global wealth towards rehousing the millions set to be displaced from their homes and lands due to the effects of climate change.

The volume will be essential reading for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of International Human Rights Law, Housing, Land and Property issues, Humanitarian issues and Climate Change.

Foreword - Professor Andrew Clapham

Preface

Acknowledgements

Table of International Instruments and National Legislation

Table of Cases

Section I. Introduction

Chapter 1. A Basic Reminder to States: Housing, Land and Property Rights are the Rights of Everyone, Everywhere

Section II. Residential Justice

Chapter 2. A World Restitution Agency

Chapter 3. Treating Land Grabbing as an Internationally Wrongful Act

Section III. Conflict Zones

Chapter 4. Housing, Land and Property Rights and Landmine Clearance