https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/palestinian-refugees-and-the-right-of-return-in-international-law/ Oxford Human Rights Hub Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/palestinian-refugees-and-the-right-of-return-in-international-law/#comment-192104 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:28:21 +0000 https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/?p=63550#comment-192104 […] Zomlot then described the suffering of the Palestinian people, recounting the Nakba of 1948 where more than 750,000 Palestinians had to flee from their homes, including his grandfather. Making his case for Palestine, he drew on the authority of international law and repeated Palestine’s commitment to it. “We should be able to exercise our internationally sanctioned right to return,” he said, referring to the right of refugees to return to their homes as laid out in Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In particular, Palestinian refugees’ right to return has been reaffirmed by the UN more than 135 times.  […]

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