Global: The Conditions of Just Return: State Responsibility and Restitution for Refugees

Many of the violations experienced by refugees count among those injustices for which it is impossible to truly make amends. Today, permanent resettlement is evaporating as a solution to refugee crisis. For millions of refugees, return is no longer an option but an imperative. This raises some critical questions: What should refugees expect from return? Are they entitled to anything more than a haphazard journey back to ruined or re-occupied homes in communities where livelihoods are uncertain and their welcome luke-warm at best? If so, what are the conditions of just return?