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Housing and property restitution in the context of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons

Reports & Research
June, 2005
Global
Land in post-conflict settings
displacement
dispossession
housing rights
land access
land dispute
land governance
At its fifty-sixth session the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human
Rights, in its resolution 2004/2, welcomed the progress report of the Special Rapporteur and
requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to circulate
the draft principles on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons
contained therein widely among non-governmental organizations, Governments, specialized
agencies and other interested parties for comment, and requested the Special Rapporteur to take
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Ethnic Violence in Morogoro Region in Tanzania

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2015
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
agropastoral systems
displacement
dispossession
eviction
grazing
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land acquisitions
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
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. Police protection has instead been given to others who are illegally cultivating officially registered Maasai land.
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Report on the State of Pastoralists´Human Rights in Tanzania

Reports & Research
March, 2013
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agropastoral systems
displacement
dispossession
eviction
grazing
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land dispute
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
Pastoralists in Tanzania are suffering from many human rights violations, including forced evictions from their lands. This report gives a comprehensive analysis of the human rights situation of indigenous peoples in Tanzania, and documents cases of human rights violations against Maasai pastoralists during 2011.

The information contained in this report is a result of a comprehensive survey and human rights analysis, which used both primary and secondary data collection methodologies covering a total of 10 districts and 18 villages.
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Biofuel Investment in Tanzania

Awareness and Participation of the Local Communities

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
displacement
dispossession
land access
land acquisitions
land investments
land reform
The study reveals a lack of accountability and governance in managing biofuel investments in the country. As a result, biofuel investments have done little to alleviate poverty, empower villagers, and protect the environment. As villages were unprepared, hastened to make decision, and were lured by words of the investors and leaders who promoted the benefits of the investment more than its threats.
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Biofuels Investment and Community Land Tenure in Tanzania

The Case of Bioshape, Kilwa District

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2013
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
concession (land)
displacement
dispossession
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
One of the most wellknown biofuel investments was that of Bioshape, which acquired approximately 34,000 ha in Kilwa District for the cultivation of jatropha.
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An Analysis of International Law, National Legislation, Judgements, and Institutions as they Interrelate with Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Report No. 2, Africa Region

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2012
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
displacement
dispossession
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land allocation
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
land reform
This report provides a synthesis of three country level case studies (Namibia, Senegal, Kenya) carried out in African countries as a part of the overall legal review of Indigenous People’s and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs). This regional synthesis report also incorporates information and material from other African countries’ experiences with ICCAs, as documented in a range of other studies and publications.
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Mainstreaming Gender in Tanzania’s Local Land Governance

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
compensation
dispossession
land access
land acquisitions
land allocation
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
women
Despite progressive provisions on gender equality in Tanzania’s land laws, women have little representation in land allocation decisions, including meetings of village councils and village assemblies. Mainstreaming gender in local regulations can help to address this problem.
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The Fact Finding Mission Report on the Land Conflict and Boundaries in Rufiji District

The Predicaments of Pastoralists Evicted to Rufiji District

Reports & Research
April, 2013
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
displacement
dispossession
eminent domain
land access
land acquisitions
land allocation
land conflicts
land dispute
land use
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
This fact finding mission had been organised to investigate the challenges facing pastoralists in Rufiji District, the challenges which have been defined as the source of conflict in this district. Although pastoralists had arrived in Rufiji since 1990’s but they officially went there and other places in Coastal and in Lindi Regions after they had been evicted from Ihefu and Kilosa in 2006-9. The Government, through their operation, announced to prepare areas for pastoralists and also to set all necessary and potential services for them to survive In Lindi, Ruvuma and Pwani Regions.
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The Right to Land Restitution as Inspiration for Mobilisation

Conference Papers & Reports
February, 2011
Tanzania, South Africa
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
capacity development
dispossession
land access
landlessness
legal empowerment
This chapter is an initial exploration and sharing of experiences and ideas based largely on a case study of a group of small farmers who have occupied and are producing on land that they believe they have an historical right to. The group, called Mahlahluvani – although they include people from other communities and claimant groups – are part of a land claim that has been lodged on the land they now occupy, but the claim is not yet settled.
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A luta pela terra/territorio no Norte do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: a formação dos assentamentos rurais de reforma agrária

Reports & Research
January, 2016
Brazil
land access
informal settlements
dispossession
agrarian reform
Na década de 1990 as principais motivações para a emergência de novos conflitos agrários na região, agora não somente pela luta pelos direitos trabalhistas violados pelos patrões, mas antes de tudo, pela reforma agrária, pela democratização e acesso a terra das antigas usinas falidas. A região passa a ocupar um lugar de destaque no enfrentamento da questão agrária no estado.