Addressing the Human Rights Impacts of ‘Land Grabbing’ | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2014
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
mokoro:6061

Discusses the human rights issues raised by large-scale land deals for plantation agriculture (‘land grabbing’) in low and middle-income countries. Finds that it is a serious issue requiring urgent attention. Conceptualises the link between land deals and human rights, reviews relevant international human rights law and discusses evidence on actual and potential human rights impacts. Finds that important human rights dimensions are at stake and that compressions of human rights have been documented in some contexts. Identifies areas of EU policy most directly relevant to addressing the human rights impacts of ‘land grabbing’, discusses developments in home and host countries and internationally. Proposes courses of action by which the EU and the European Parliament can further prevent or remedy human rights violations linked to large-scale land deals.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Lorenzo Cotula

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Mokoro is pleased to host the ’Land Rights in Africa’ site as a contribution to the land rights dialogue and related debates. This website was created in January 2000 by Robin Palmer, and was originally housed by Oxfam GB, where Robin worked as a Land Rights Adviser. A library of resources on land rights in Africa – with a particular focus on women’s land rights and on the impact of land grabbing in Africa – the portal has been well received by practitioners, researchers and policy makers, and has grown considerably over the years.

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