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UPDATE ON MILITARY OCCUPATION OF CIVILIAN PROPERTY CURRENT SITUATION (December 2017)

Title
UPDATE ON MILITARY OCCUPATION OF CIVILIAN PROPERTY CURRENT SITUATION (December 2017)
Publisher
Kostyantyn Dmytrenko
Date
Type
Cross-Cutting Issues
Source
Shelter Cluster
Response
Language
English
Tags
Housing, Land, and Property Rights
Description

KEY MESSAGES

According to UN Guiding Principles on internal displacement,
property of displaced people must be respected and protected.
Therefore, armed units should be aware of their responsibilities
under international law to respect the housing, land and
property rights of civilians, especially individuals living along the
contact line. The Shelter Cluster and its partners are conducting
an ongoing verification which shows that secondary incidents
of damage to housing are often caused by military occupation
of vacant housing. Therefore proper military installations
outside of civilian areas is the most preferred option.
  If nevertheless military occupation occurs, is crucially important
that authorities acknowledge the fact of the military occupation
of civilian property. Authorities should develop a
comprehensive mechanism for assessment, compensation or
restitution for the cases of military use and damage of civilian
property.
  It should be clear for conflict-affected population what is the
procedure of getting compensation for military occupation of their properties. Civilians should not fear of
repercussions for reporting the cases of military use of private property