The article presents information on the United Nation's Pinheiro Principles which represent the first consolidated global standard on the housing, land and property restitution rights of displaced people. Situations where the Pinheiro Principles can be applied are discussed. These cases also show the extent of the problem regarding unresolved restitution claims..

In 1913, South Africa passed the Native Land Act, which prohibited black South Africans from owning land. The Act was the cornerstone of apartheid, which was instituted in 1948. In 2004, ten years after the end of apartheid, land remains an explosive issue in the country. White landowners and black claimants talk about the land reform process in South Africa.

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