Legal opinion : Right to property from a human rights perspective

The aim of this legal opinion is to give a definition of the right to property from a human rights perspective. A survey of the right to property in international law, regional instruments and national constitutions will be followed by an analysis of the scope and content of the right to property and correlative States' obligations. Special attention will be paid to the role of the right to property in the realization of other human rights, in particular the rights to food, adequate housing and social security. Existing jurisprudence at the international, regional and national levels and doctrinal opinion will be used to define the right to property from a human rights perspective.