Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
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4 Janvier 2019
IT is impossible to identify several core human rights, which are all well established in international law and could be applied directly to development – induced displacement of a large number of people.
The rationale and the need for reviewing human rights arises from the proven inadequacy of so-…
8 Novembre 2018
Papua New Guinea has embarked on a surge of building projects in Port Moresby as the capital city prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
In the buildup to the summit, thousands of people were evicted from a settlement in Paga Hill, which is next to the conference…
12 Février 2018
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has noted persistent problems with land grabs in Papua New Guinea.
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein visited Port Moresby last week and met with PNG's prime minister Peter O'Neill and civil society figures.
Mr Zeid found that corruption remains rife in…
12 Janvier 2018
Is the government of Papua New Guinea turning a blind eye while the country's forests are destroyed?
Environmental groups say Papua New Guinea's government is sitting back while the country's rainforests are being destroyed.
The Pacific nation has just overtaken Malaysia to become the world's…
28 Novembre 2017
The women noted that “foreign concepts” and exploiters supplanted traditional ways of life, resulting in the environmental catastrophe of the island.
Mothers Against Re-Opening the Panguna mine have released a statement championing traditional land rights of the Indigenous Black people of the South…
10 Août 2017
"If it means life and death I will have to do this – because someone has to do something to help the people"
LONDON, Aug 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A land activist from Papua New Guinea at loggerheads with the police and developers in his home country has vowed to continue the fight…
20 Février 2017
By: Bethanie Harriman
Date: 20 February 2017
Source: emtv
Over 200 Settlers in Saraga were evicted today by Police acting on a court order.
A Papua New Guinean company has a business lease over the land, obtained in 2014.
Settlers allege the land was obtained in a questionable manner.…
8 Février 2017
The pacific island of Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most resource rich countries, hosting nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity and important reserves of gold, copper and hydrocarbons. However, despite a burgeoning resource economy, the country struggles to translate resource rents into…
8 Février 2016
The pacific island of Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most resource rich countries, hosting nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity and important reserves of gold, copper and hydrocarbons. However, despite a burgeoning resource economy, the country struggles to translate resource rents into…
By: Sally Andrews
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: The Diplomat
97 percent of land in Papua New Guinea is held under customary title, leading to sky-high prices for the remaining 3 percent.
Papua New Guinea is becoming increasingly divided by long-standing tensions relating to the campaign for…