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Governmental Decree No. 810 “On the issues of allotment of land plots for subsoil management”.

Regulations
Décembre, 2017
Kirghizistan

This Governmental Decree establishes that land plots shall be allotted for provisional tenancy covering the period of subsoil management for the following purposes: (a) geological exploration of subsoil; and (b) mining and construction of the infrastructure for subsoil management.

Illegal Land Use in the Netherlands: An Explorative Empirical Study on the Use of Municipal Land Without Any Right

Journal Articles & Books
Peer-reviewed publication
Novembre, 2017
Pays-Bas

Throughout the Netherlands, land owners (or their lessees) use adjacent public or private land without any right. There is, however, no scientific empirical data on how often and where land is illegally used. On the basis of empirical case studies, this research has the following aims: make an estimate of how often illegal land use occurs in the Netherlands; which kind of land is illegally used; in what kind of spatial context it is illegally used; and for what purpose it is illegally used.

Law No. XIII-801 “On purchase of agricultural land”.

Legislation
Novembre, 2017
Lituanie

The scope of this Law shall be to prevent speculation in agricultural land and preserve traditional forms of farming; to create conditions for the formation of rational land holdings and land consolidation; and to promote the rational use of agricultural land. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land of subsistence farming, land used for horticulture and gardening, and inherited land and land owned by the way of restoration of legal rights of ownership.

Land (Conversion of Land) Rules, 2017 (S.I. No. 282 of 2017).

Regulations
Novembre, 2017
Kenya

These Rules of the National Land Commission implement provisions of the Land Registration Act in respect of conversion of public land into private land. The national or county government may, on its own motion or upon a request, identify the land and notify the Commission, in Form LA I set out in the Schedule, of its intention to convert the land from one category to another pursuant to section 9 of the Act. The Commission shall consider the notification on specified criteria. For example, the land must not be part of an ecologically sensitive area.

Land (Assessment of Just Compensation) Rules, 2017 (S.I. No. 283 of 2017).

Regulations
Novembre, 2017
Kenya

These Rules of the National Land Commission implement provisions of the Land Registration Act in respect of the amount of compensation to be awarded for land acquired under the Act. It, among other things, sets out factors to be taken into consideration when assessing compensation. The Commission shall determine an award based on the market value of the land to be acquired.

Implements: Land Act, 2012 (No. 6 of 2012). (2012-04-27)

Land Regulations, 2017 (S.I. No. 280 of 2017).

Regulations
Novembre, 2017
Kenya

These Regulations implement provisions of the Land Act, 2012, with respect to a variety of matters including administration of public land and private land, conversion of freehold or leasehold tenure, compulsory acquisition, settlement programmes, easements and analogous rights, and evictions from unlawfully occupied public land.The National Land Commission shall keep and maintain a data base of all public land and an inventory of land based natural resources.

Zambia’s peasants at risk of becoming squatters on their own land – UN expert warns

Reports & Research
Mai, 2017
Afrique

The push to turn commercial large-scale agricultural into a driving engine of the Zambian economy, in a situation where the protection of access to land is weak, can risk pushing small-holder farmers and peasants off their land and out of production with severe impacts on the people’s right to food,” Ms. Elver said at the end of her first official visit to the country

Securing land inheritance and land rights for women in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
Février, 2017
Kenya

Women face many problems with regard to land inheritance and land rights in Kenya. Individual and community land ownership do not favour women. The reason for this is that ownership of land is patrilineal, which means that fathers share land amongst sons, while excluding daughters. This practice is traditionally widespread and partly accepted although it goes against the interest of women and is prohibited by the constitution.