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India: Landless farmers to get ownership rights
TRIBUNE INDIA
Posted at: Aug 2 2015 12:07AM
Landless farmers to get ownership rights
BD Kasniyal
Pithoragarh, August 1
The Udham Singh Nagar district administration has started the process of giving ownership rights free of cost to farmers, who have occupied not more than 3.25 acres of government land and are doing farming on it, in Bazpur subdivision. The state government has issued an order to this effect.
Zimbabwe: Celebrating Pioneers of Land Reform
THE HERALD - ZIMBABWE
30 JULY 2015
Zimbabwe: Celebrating Pioneers of Land Reform
By Fortious Nhambura
CEDAW committee ruling is a victory for women’s land rights
The UN’s Rebuke of Inheritance Laws Is a Victory for Women’s Health
May 27, 2015 by Tamar Ezer Public Health Program
Conferencia internacional sobre de los derechos de las comunidades a la tierra y a los recursos
De la Retórica a la Acción: Intensificación de las estrategias para asegurar los derechos de los indígenas y de las comunidades a la tierra y a los recursos
Oportunidades • Prioridades • Acción
30 DE SEPTIEMBRE – 1 DE OCTUBRE DE 2015
Kursaal Bern • Kornhausstrasse 3 • Berna, Suiza
Un seguimiento de la Conferencia de Interlaken de 2013 para evaluar los esfuerzos actuales, identificar nuevos objetivos, estrategias y siguientes pasos prioritarios
Conférence internationale sur les droits des communautés à la terre
De la rhétorique à l’action : Amplification des stratégies permettant de sécuriser les droits des communautés et des populations autochtones à la terre et aux ressources
Opportunités • Priorités • Action
30 SEPTEMBRE – 1 OCTOBRE 2015
Kursaal Bern • Kornhausstrasse 3 • Bern, Suisse
2nd International Conference on Community Land Rights: Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2015
From Rhetoric to Action: Scaling Up Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Resource Rights
Opportunities • Priorities • Action
SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 1, 2015
Bern Kursaal • Kornhausstrasse 3 • Bern, Switzerland
Program
2nd International Conference on Community Land Rights
From Rhetoric to Action: Scaling Up Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Resource Rights
Opportunities • Priorities • Action
SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 1, 2015
Bern Kursaal • Kornhausstrasse 3 • Bern, Switzerland
Program
The palm oil company at the centre of a bitter land rights struggle in Cameroon
The Guardian Sustainable Business
The palm oil company at the centre of a bitter land rights struggle in Cameroon
Victoria Schneider in Cameroon
Monday 27 July 2015 08.45 EDT
Local residents complain expansion plans by Socapalm, Cameroon’s biggest palm oil company, will take over land that belongs to them. Read the full article here: http://gu.com/p/4bx7m/sbl
The Land Battle: 15 Organizations Defending Land Rights
The Huffington Post
The Land Battle: 15 Organizations Defending Land Rights
Posted: 07/29/2015 4:22 pm EDT Updated: 07/29/2015 4:59 pm EDT
Does international law favor companies over people?
Does international law favor companies over people?
A new article by Lorenzo Cotula explores this question by examining human rights and land rights in the context of international investment law. The article, “Property in a shrinking planet: fault lines in international human rights and investment law” is published in the June 2015 issue of the International Journal of Law in Context.
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