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1. Library Resource

   

   Land Tenure for Social and Economic Inclusion in Yemen : Issues and Opportunities

   February, 2013

   Yemen

   Land & Investments

   agrarian reform

   agriculture

   compensation

   deforestation

   eminent domain

   farmland

   fisheries

   land administration

   land distribution

   land grabbing

   land management

   land markets

   land ownership

   land reform

   land registration

   land rights

   land subdivision

   land tenure

   land titling

   land transactions

   land use

   landlessness

   landowners

   leases

   private ownership

   property rights

   rural areas

   rural development

   rural population

   squatters

   tenant farmers

   tenants

   urban areas

   urban planning

   The report, Land Tenure for Social and
   Economic Inclusion in Yemen: Issues and Opportunities was
   completed in December 2009. The report addresses the
   problems of land ownership in Yemen and the various social
   and economic problems associated with the system of land
   ownership. Property rights under Yemeni Law are expressed
   both in custom and statute, but both are informed by shari a
   (Islamic law), which provides the basic property categories
   

2. Library Resource

   

   Republican Resolution No. 170 of 1996 issuing the Implementing Regulation for Law No. 21 of 1995 on lands and real estate of the State.

   قرار جمهوري رقم (170) لسنة 1996م بشأن اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون اراضي وعقارات الدولة رقم (21) لسنة 1995م

   Regulations

   Yemen, Western Asia

   land

   public ownership

   concession (land)

   use rights

   farmland

   land access

   leases

   This Resolution is composed of 12 Sections divided into 189 articles. Fundaments and criterions for land and real estate valuation, rent value and valuation committees are dealt with Section I. Free disposal over lands and immovable or the symbolic rent is provided for in Section II. Free disposal over designated lands and built immovable is given in Section III. Rules for sale or rent of the State’s agricultural lands (sect. IV). Section V refers to desert lands. Provisions and rules for sale and rent by auction (sect. VI). Rules and provisions for sale instalments (sect. VII).

3. Library Resource

   

   Resolution No. 221 of 1997 implemeting the general principles and orientations for dispute settlement of the agricultural lands in the southern Provinces.

   قرار رئيس مجلس الوزراء رقم (221) لعام 1997م بشأن تنفيذ المبادئ والاتجاهات العامة لحل قضايا الاراضي الزراعية في المحافظات الجنوبية

   Regulations

   Yemen, Western Asia

   Land Conflicts

   farmland

   public ownership

   concession (land)

   use rights

   land access

   land dispute resolution

   leases

   This Resolution is composed of 11 articles. The High Committee for Agricultural Dispute-Settlement established by Cabinet Resolution No. 49 of 1990 shall carry out the implementation of this Resolution (art. 1).

4. Library Resource

   

   Republican Resolution on Law No. 39 of 1991 on the Land Register.

   قرار جمهوري بالقانون رقم (39) لسنة 1991م بشأن السجل العقاري

   Regulations

   Yemen, Western Asia

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Gender

   land dispute resolution

   land inheritance rights

   cadastres

   leases

   land registration

   This Resolution is composed of 37 articles. Terms and definitions are given in article 1. Lands shall be divided into 3 parts: public lands, private lands and endowment lands (art. 2). There shall be two systems for land registration: individual and corporate body (art. 3). The inheritance right shall be written if it includes a land (art. 10). Rent contracts which exceed 5 years shall be registered in the appropriate newspaper (art. 13). Articles 20-26 deals with dispute settlements. The Prime Minister shall issue the Regulation for registration fees (art. 33).