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1. Introduction Basic Contours of the Individual’s Right of Return 2. The Right of Return in Customary Law of 1948 U.N. G.A. Resolution 194. 3. The Right of Return in the Law of Nationality. 3.A .The Domestic Discretion of States to Regulate Nationality Status Is Limited by International Law. 3.B. The Law of State Succession – Two Independent Bases for the Right of Return 3.B.1. The Vested National Sovereignty of the Palestinians as the “Predecessor State” in the Case of State Succession. 3.C. The “Rule of Readmission” – an Obligation Owed to Other States. 3.D. The Prohibition against (Mass) Denationalization.. 3.D.1. Israel’s Purported Denationalization of the 1948 Palestinian Refugees through Its 1952 Nationality Law. 4. The Right of Return in Humanitarian Law 4.A. The “General” Right of Return in Humanitarian Law 4.B. The “Forcible (Mass) Expulsion” Right of Return in Humanitarian Law. 5. The Right of Return in Human Rights Law. 6. State Practice (Opinio Juris) Implementing the Right of Return of Refugees. 7. Conclusion Resolution 194: Continuing to Shape the Right of Return.