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20 years since Mabo

KastomK wrote 18 hours ago: 1 JUNE 2012 20 years since Mabo: we have a long way to go PETER LEWIS Where were you 20 years ago wh … more →

Tags: Native, Race Discrimination, aboriginal, Eddie Koiki Mabo, indigenous, Ma.Bo., mer island, Murray Island, native title

New RRI report (and upcoming guest post) on community land rights in tropical forests

rhodriwilliams wrote 2 days ago: by Rhodri C. Williams The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) just released a new report indicatin … more →

Tags: admin 2, Resources, community titling, customary tenure, development, Forest Management, forest peoples, Indigenous Groups, land rush

U2, Bono? Celeb partners with Monsanto, G8, to biowreck African farms with GMOs

Rady wrote 3 days ago: By Rady Ananda Activist Post At the G8 Summit held two weeks ago at Camp David, President Obama met … more →

Tags: Food & Farming, economy. economics, corruption, Environment, Obama and Company, Biotechnology, Africa, bono shills for Monsanto, CFR

Norwegian Refugee Council releases new Housing, Land and Property training course1 comment

rhodriwilliams wrote 4 days ago: by Laura Cunial Laura Cunial is the lead author and trainer for the NRC/IDMC Housing Land and Proper … more →

Tags: Guest Posting, Resources, Access to Justice, durable solutions, Gender, HLP, IDMC, nrc, Restitution

Draft land law provisions on land rights for foreigners in East Timor will smother development

wwright1961 wrote 5 days ago: Draft land law provisions on land rights for foreigners in East Timor will smother development In a … more →

Tags: East Timor, Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia, foreign-land-owneship, Foreign investment

Communal Land Tenure Systems in East Timor to have no legal status under new draft land law1 comment

wwright1961 wrote 5 days ago: Communal Land Tenure Systems in East Timor to have no legal status under new draft land law The ques … more →

Tags: East Timor, Timor-Leste, Land Law, land conflicts, Land policy, communal-land-tenure-systems

NHRC to hear starvation deaths and rights violation cases in North East India

BHRPC wrote 6 days ago: Guwahati, 27 May 2012: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hear cases of human rights v … more →

Tags: Press Releases, News, starvation deaths, Human Rights, Right to Life, Right to live with dignity, environmental rights, India, NORTH EAST

East Timor Land Rights: Restitution Not Possession - A Comment on the Draft Land Law

wwright1961 wrote 1 week ago: Original Citation: 2009 ETLJ 10 East Timor Land Rights: Restitution Not Possession – A Comment … more →

Tags: East Timor, Timor-Leste, Land Law, Land policy, land claims, Adat, customary-land-tenure, indoensian-law

Land Policy in East Timor - The Cart before the Horse1 comment

wwright1961 wrote 1 week ago: Original Citation: 2009 ETLJ 10 Land Policy in East Timor – The Cart before the Horse The gove … more →

Tags: East Timor, Timor-Leste, Land Law, land conflicts, Land policy, land claims

Land Grabs as Development (?)

mariavdm wrote 1 week ago: Earlier this month, the United Nations adopted global guidelines for rich countries buying land in d … more →

Tags: International Issues and Innovations, Africa, Community Development, Food Security, Guatemala, land grabs, Latin America, Mining, poverty

Chiapas: Las Abejas seek godfather for a survivor of the Acteal massacre

SIPAZ wrote 1 week ago: In a communiqué published on 15 May 2012, the Las Abejas Civil Society made a call to national and i … more →

Tags: chiapas, Human Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Indigenous people, Justice System, Land and Territory, Las Abejas, Women, Youth

Oaxaca: Civil and social organizations propose new governance agreements

SIPAZ wrote 1 week ago: (Palacio de Gobierno, Oaxaca, @SIPAZ) In a document signed by 17 civil and social organizations from … more →

Tags: disappeared, Elections, Human Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Indigenous people, Justice System, Land and Territory, Oaxaca

Chiapas: Beginning of the "Week for Global Struggle for the Release of Patishtán and Sántiz López: To Tear Down the Walls of the Dungeon"

SIPAZ wrote 1 week ago: By means of a press-conference carried out in the offices of the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center … more →

Tags: chiapas, EZLN, Human Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Indigenous people, Justice System, Land and Territory, Political Prisoners/Prisoner of Conscience

Oaxaca: Padre Solalinde leaves the country temporarily due to death-threats

SIPAZ wrote 1 week ago: Padre Alejandro Solalinde @ Cencos The priest Alejandro Solalinde Guerra, founder and director of th … more →

Tags: disappeared, Human Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Indigenous people, Justice System, Land and Territory, Militarization, Oaxaca, Paramilitary

Homeward bound: resettling displaced South Sudanese

Simon wrote 1 week ago: This week the International Organisation for Migration has flown thousands of ethnic South Sudanese … more →

Tags: Land rights, economic growth, Sudan, International support, migration, returnees

FINDING WAYS OF RESOLVING LAND PROBLEMS IN EAST TIMOR2 comments

wwright1961 wrote 1 week ago: Original Citation: 2004 ETLJ 13 FINDING WAYS OF RESOLVING LAND PROBLEMS IN EAST TIMOR Translated fro … more →

Tags: East Timor, Timor-Leste, land, UNTAET, land conflicts, land-conf

UNTAET GUIDELINES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AND ABANDONED PROPERTY1 comment

wwright1961 wrote 1 week ago: Original Citation: 2004 ETLJ 11 UNTAET GUIDELINES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AND ABANDONED PRO … more →

Tags: East Timor, Timor-Leste, land, United Nations, UNTAET

TRANSLATION OF REPORT ON RESEARCH INTO ADAT LAND LAW OF EAST TIMOR3 comments

wwright1961 wrote 1 week ago: Original Citation: 2004 ETLJ 7 TRANSLATION OF REPORT ON RESEARCH INTO ADAT LAND LAW OF EAST TIMOR Wr … more →

Tags: East Timor (Timor Leste), Adat, adat-land-law, hak ulayat, communal-land-tenure

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE REPORT ON RESEARCH FINDINGS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR LAND DISPUTE MEDIATION PREPARED BY TIMOR-LESTE LAND LAW PROGRAM*2 comments

wwright1961 wrote 1 week ago: Original Citation: 2004 ETLJ 5 Historial Note: When this article was first published in 2004, it was … more →

Tags: East Timor, Timor-Leste, land-conflicts-and-disputes


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