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The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law. By Lex Takkenberg. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. Pp. xxix, 402. Index. $95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Anis F. Kassim*
Affiliation:
The Palestine Yearbook of International Law

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

1 Resolution 194 establishes that Palestinian refugees have a right “to return to their homes … and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.” Takkenberg analyzes the contents of this paragraph in depth (pp. 242–46) and adds to it the collective human right of self-determination of the Palestinian people—a right that has been repeatedly confirmed by the UN General Assembly since 1969.

2 See 2 Palestine Y.B. Int'l L. 119 (1985).

3 Paragraph D concerns the application of the Convention “to persons who are at present receiving from organs or agencies of the United Nations other than the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees protection or assistance.”

4 [Bundesverwaltungsgericht, Urteil vom 23.2.1993, Bverwg 1C 45.90] InfAuslr 7-8/93, 268,169.

5 Loizidou v. Turkey, Judgment (Article 50), July 28, 1998, Eur. Ct. H.R. Case No. 40/1993/435/514), available in <http://www.dhcour.coe.fr/>. The abridged text can be found at 10 Palestine Y.B. Int'l L. 99 (forthcoming Feb. 2000).

6 Abu Sita, Palestinian Right to Restitution (2d ed. 1999).