© 2004 by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo: Voluntary Return in Safety and Dignity?
1 The author worked for UNHCR in Bosnia and Herzegovina for more than four years. She is now Research Officer, Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section, Department of International Protection, UNHCR, Headquarters Geneva. The views expressed are those of the author, and are not necessarily shared by the UN or UNHCR. The author would like to particularly thank colleagues who provided input or assisted in the research or editing: Paolo Artini, Sabina Cejovic, Hans Lunshof, Grainne O'Hara, Veton Orana, Mario Pavlovic, James Pierre, José Riera and Thomas Unger
Some people wish to return to their pre-war homes: this remains a priority, and we must do everything to ensure that they are allowed to do so in safety, and in full respect of their rights. Others, however, are prepared to opt for different solutions – for example, return to other places, where opportunities are better and the environment more secure. Such choices, too, must be supported, including the integration of people in areas where they did not live before the war, should that be their free choice. Those still displaced are people whose lives have been changed, families broken, and property lost during the years of conflict. They have not, however, given up their fundamental right to choose their future, and should be helped to do so.
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