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Land Administration and Land Rights for Peace and Development in Libya

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Reports & Research
May, 2023
Libya

This report is a contribution towards the improvement of land management and land administration in Libya. It provides a description of the legal, institutional and spatial land-related frameworks in the country, and it analyses the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development and land disputes’ resolution.

Iraq - Arab Land Initiative

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Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2023
Iraq

Iraq is one of the easternmost countries of the Arab Region. It is bordered to the north by Turkey, to the east by Iran, to the west by Syria and Jordan, and to the south by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

LA SITUACIÓN DE PERSONAS DEFENSORAS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS, LA MADRE TIERRA Y EL AMBIENTE EN AMÉRICA LATINA

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Reports & Research
March, 2023
América Latina y el Caribe

El papel de quienes acaparan la tierra es determinante en el hecho de que las personas trabajadoras, pueblos originarios, afrodescendientes y campesinas que habitan en el campo sufren ataques constantes contra sus vidas, sus entornos y sus medios de sostenimiento.

The Legal Contention for Baldíos Land in the Colombian Altillanura

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Journal Articles & Books
February, 2023
Colombia

This article describes the process of legal contention between civil society, political parties, and state institutions for the baldíos lands in the Colombian Altillanura region in the last two decades, a region considered the country’s “last agricultural frontier.” The article focuses on the dual and sometimes contradictory roles of the state institutions, both as facilitators of baldíos grabb

Utiliser le dialogue pour remédier aux conflits fonciers

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Reports & Research
January, 2023
Cameroun

Au Cameroun, l’augmentation des investissements à grande échelle, dans des secteurs tels que l’agro-industrie, l’exploitation minière et forestière, a entraîné de nombreux transferts de droits fonciers des communautés locales vers les acteurs commerciaux. Mais ces transferts négligent souvent les droits des communautés à la consultation, à l’information et au consentement.

Collection des arrêts fonciers modèles de la Cour suprême et des Cours d’appel du Burundi

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Manuals & Guidelines
November, 2022
Burundi

The Supreme Court of Burundi has just published a collection of land case law which constitutes volume 5 of the "Jurisprudence Review of the Supreme Court of Burundi". This collection was officially presented to the public on December 15, 2022.

Análisis sobre la implementación de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia de la Tierra, la Pesca y los Bosques en el contexto de la Seguridad Alimentaria Nacional en Colombia a partir del trabajo de la iniciativa LM

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Reports & Research
November, 2022
América Latina y el Caribe
Colombia

En este documento se presenta un análisis sobre los aportes que hace el monitoreo de Grandes Transacciones de Tierra -GTT- de la iniciativa independiente global Land Matrix para conocer el estado de implementación de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia de la Tierra, la Pesca y los Bosques en el contexto de la Seguridad Alimentaria Nacional - DVGT- elabor

Posse e alienabilidade da terra nas relações de produção da verdade em Timor-Leste

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Journal Articles & Books
November, 2022
Ásia
Timor-Leste

Neste artigo se discute a relação entre conhecimento e sociedade sob a perspectiva da produção da verdade. Através de uma abordagem etnográfica, se examina relações cambiantes entre segurança ontológica e segurança jurídica no espaço da profissionalização da assistência jurídica em Timor-Leste1.

Deriving countermeasures to the use of housing, land and property rights as a war-financing commodity

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Journal Articles & Books
October, 2022
Africa
Americas
Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Europe
Global

Efforts to thwart the trafficking of conflict commodities to finance wars constitute an ongoing endeavour. As specific approaches become effective for certain commodities, belligerent actors pursue new forms of exploitation.

Peacebuilding -The Gambia

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Websites
July, 2022
Gambia

In 2021, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in the Gambia, which enjoys a 90 per cent public approval rating, according to a 2021 survey, completed its three-year mandate. It submitted a 17-volume final report to the President in November 2021, which was made public on 24 December.