Legal aspects of land rights and the use of land in Asia, Africa, and Europe / Ingrid Westendorp, (editor).
2016
K756.A6 L44 2016 (Mapit)
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Legal aspects of land rights and the use of land in Asia, Africa, and Europe / Ingrid Westendorp, (editor).
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Intersentia, [2016]
Description
x, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Maastricht series in human rights.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction / Ingrid Westendorp
A human rights-based approach to food and land issues : a normative analysis / Fons Coomans
Pollution, takings and access to justice in East and West / Michael Faure and Andri Wibisana
Land grabbing, land struggles and the human right to food / Roman Herre
Women's right to land : a comparison between international legal obligations and customary laws in Bali (Indonesia) and in Acholi (Uganda) / Ingrid Westendorp and Elin Hilwig
Agrarian reform and smallholder rights in Indonesia : alternatives to corporate, customary and private ownership / Ben White.
A human rights-based approach to food and land issues : a normative analysis / Fons Coomans
Pollution, takings and access to justice in East and West / Michael Faure and Andri Wibisana
Land grabbing, land struggles and the human right to food / Roman Herre
Women's right to land : a comparison between international legal obligations and customary laws in Bali (Indonesia) and in Acholi (Uganda) / Ingrid Westendorp and Elin Hilwig
Agrarian reform and smallholder rights in Indonesia : alternatives to corporate, customary and private ownership / Ben White.
Summary
The right to land plays a key role in the realisation of a plethora of human rights. Land is however becoming scarce and the poorest sectors of society are deprived of access to land whilst State authorities and foreign investors practise land grabbing -- Source other than Library of Congress.
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"This publication is based on the presentations on a land rights conference that was held between 19 and 21 October 2014 in Maastricht"--Page v.
The right to land plays a key role in the realisation of a plethora of human rights. Land is however becoming scarce and the poorest sectors of society are deprived of access to land whilst State authorities and foreign investors practise land grabbing -- Source other than Library of Congress.
The right to land plays a key role in the realisation of a plethora of human rights. Land is however becoming scarce and the poorest sectors of society are deprived of access to land whilst State authorities and foreign investors practise land grabbing -- Source other than Library of Congress.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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K756.A6 L44 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781780684413
178068441X
178068441X
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