This report aims to extract lessons on slum upgrading and involuntary resettlement policies and practices learned from the process of addressing the Badia East case, which involved complex interactions between affected people, NGOs, the Bank and Lagos State Government.
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and the Minister briefed the Committee on the performance, outcomes and challenges of the Land Rights Management Facility, presenting the Fourth Quarter 2014 report, and also touching on the Extension of security of tenure (land) Amendment Bill.
Over the past six years, the Oakland Institute has been at the forefront of exposing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of foreign land grabs in Ethiopia.
En junio de 2014 sucede algo inédito en la historia de la lucha por la tierra en Paraguay: una comunidad indígena (Sawhoyamaxa), logra la restitución de las 14.404 hectáreas de tierras que hace más de 20 años viene reclamando como suyas. En 2006, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos había determinado que en justicia le pertenecía.
El caso de comunidades migrantes que se establecen en tierras baldías y luego, el Estado construye una represa que inunda sus tierras, y los desplaza, afectando su vida, y obligándolos a años de lucha demandando una justa indemnización y la dotación de nuevas tierras.
The first paper of this section
(Durand-Laserve) documents how increasing pressures on urban
land and the 'commodification' of shelter and
settlement has increased 'market evictions' of
families holding intermediate tide to property, although
In early 2015, Maasai and Datoga citizens living in the Morogoro region of Tanzania were victims of deadly, ethnic violence. According to reports from local media, the assaults were instigated by public figures interested in acquiring land, and state authorities have not intervened to protect Maasai citizens.
This guide explains your rights and the law regarding evictions, and gives practical advice on how to resist them. It is a resource for individuals, households and communities who are facing eviction from their homes, as well as for community-based paralegals, CBOs, social movements etc.
The crisis that engulfed the Central African Republic (CAR) in the end of 2012 resulted in the perpetration of gross human rights violations, including the widespread looting and destruction of homes.
Across the world, the housing sector
plays a key role in local and national economies, and
expanding access to housing can encourage more equitably
shared economic growth. This report surveys current policy
interventions designed to encourage affordable housing in
Al menos, 450 familias fueron desalojadas este miércoles.
Cientos de vehículos y policías rodearon, este miércoles, la ciudad de Campo do Meio, en Minas Gerais para desalojar a las familias trabajadoras que vivían en el Campamento Quilombo Campo Grande, según denunció en su página el Movimiento Sin Tierra (MST).
Tegucigalpa, .- Los impactos de la pandemia se han extendido más allá de los sistemas sanitarios y las autoridades han cambiado formatos de consulta, relajado medidas de protección y vigilancia y desatendido a las personas más vulnerables, como los pueblos indígenas, comunidades rurales, defensores y defensoras, considera la Asociación Iberoamericana de Defensa Ambiental (AIDA).
