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Policy for the poor? Phnom Penh, tenure security and Circular 03

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Cambodia

In May 2010, the Cambodian Government approved a circular on "resolution of temporary settlement on land which has been illegally occupied in the capital, municipal, and urban areas" (Circular 03). The aim of this report is to highlight some of the issues arising from Circular 03 as a policy document, and draw attention to the opportunities and risks arising from its implementation.

Towards a protocol on fair compensation in cases of legitimate land tenure changes

Reports & Research
October, 2016
Global

The Organising Committee of the Dutch Land Governance Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue has commissioned an investigation into the need and possibility to develop a protocol on fair compensation in cases of legitimate land tenure changes, with a focus on expropriation. This is in line with the Ministry’s role in the Land Governance Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue. This dialogue involves government, civil society, business, finance and academia.

Previsiones legales para el acceso a tierras de parte del campesinado y los indígenas - Luis Rojas BASE Investigaciones Sociales. (octubre 2013)

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2016
Paraguay

El presente material es un breve compendio de las leyes y normativas vigentes, que regulan el acceso a la tierra por parte de la población, con particular detalle en el caso de los campesinos y campesinas. En el caso de las comunidades indígenas, se hará una breve mención a la legislación correspondiente.

Digesto de la jurisprudencia latinoamericana sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas a la participación, la consulta previa y la propiedad comunitaria

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Latin America and the Caribbean

 
La obra jurídica elaborada por María Clara Galvis Patiño y Ángela María Ramírez Rincón sistematiza y analiza decisiones judiciales de altas cortes de nueve países de América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panamá y Perú.
El citado Digesto refleja los debates y problemas jurídicos que han tenido que resolver los jueces ante el alto número de conflictos sociales relacionados con la propiedad de la tierra, el territorio y los recursos naturales de los pueblos indígenas.

TRAS LA TIERRA: Demandas, Políticas Públicas y Legislación en Paraguay

Reports & Research
March, 2015
Paraguay

La publicación aborda tres aspectos centrales de la problemática actual de la tierra en Paraguay: una aproximación a la demanda existente de tierras por parte de la población campesina e indígena, las políticas  públicas relacionadas al acceso a la tierra, y finalmente, aspectos fundamentales de la legislación vigente en esta materia.

Tierras: derecho fundamental de los pueblos indígenas

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2012
Brazil

La tierra es uno de los sustentos de la cultura, así como de la propia existencia de los pueblos indígenas. La tierra está dotada de valores simbólicos más allá de ser una propiedad. Por eso es un símbolo de la lucha indígena por la auto preservación y la  autodeterminación. Luchar por la tierra, va más allá que el espacio territorial en sí. Simboliza la preservación de la existencia de los diversos pueblos indígenas.

Final Report: Rwanda’s Expropriation Law and Outcomes on the Population

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Rwanda

Rwanda is developing at a remarkably rapid pace, and with that development has come a
multitude of corresponding changes to the orientation and use of land throughout the country.
In light of these changes, law n°18/2007 of 19/04/2007 relating to expropriation in the public
interest was adopted to provide clear procedures for the government to follow in the taking of
privately-owned land for other uses deemed to be in the public interest.
This law provides procedures for notice to affected landowners, the determination of public

Strengthening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola: Land Law and Policy: Review of Legal Framework

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2007
Southern Africa

Introduction: "Since its independence in 1975, and most notably in the last decade, Angola has struggled to create a legal framework adequate to address the complex issues relating to the country’s land. In 2004, the country enacted a new land law1 that sought to strengthen perceived areas of weakness in prior legislation. The new law delineated and expanded a range of land rights available by concession and recognized some measure of traditional land rights.

Irrigation Restoration and Development Project Resettlement Policy Framework

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2010
Afghanistan

From the document's preface: "This draft Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) sets out the general principles and policies to be followed in connection with any land acquisition and resultant resettlement which will occur during the implementation of the proposed Irrigation Restoration and Development Project scheduled to commence in 2011.