RESTITUTION IN MYANMAR

Housing, land and property rights are fundamental human rights and a global advocacy priority for
the Norwegian Refugee Council. The restitution of housing, land and property rights after conflicts
and periods of non-democratic governance are fundamental aspects of transitional justice which
are essential for the achievement of durable solutions to forced displacement, and to broader
concerns of peace, reconciliation and economic prosperity. The NRC Country Office in Myanmar
considers it necessary and positive to increase attention to the benefits of establishing specific
post-conflict restitution mechanisms that would enable everyone with a restitution claim to have
access to an appropriate remedial mechanism....