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A conflict of interest is a situation where an individual or corporate entity is invited to act on behalf of one party, but has an actual or potential relationship with or interest in the other party or parties.

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African countries are tapping their fossil fuel wealth. Why aren’t they getting rich?

8 December 2022

Mozambique

Angola

Namibia

South Africa

Nigeria

A growing body of research suggests that rather than serving as a boon for development, major fuel discoveries tend to spawn corruption and economic instability in countries that lack strong financial institutions and legal systems. More recent research suggests that these effects are not only reserved for the period after governments receive windfalls from fossil fuels. In what’s called the “presource curse,” the anticipation of oil and gas revenues may engender corruption and lead governments to prematurely restructure their economies and pile on debt.

Kenya’s push for a purely formal seed system could be bad for farmers

25 May 2022

Kenya

Peeling Back the Layers of Land Ownership in Colombia

6 August 2021

Colombia

Collaborative social work is preparing communities for the historic task of untangling land ownership in a municipality plagued with conflict and displacement.

'Our pastures have been taken': Indians rue China's Himalayan land grab

3 July 2020

China

India

Namgyal Durbuk knows the steep mountainous terrain of Ladakh like the back of his hand. But in the 45 years he has lived here, along the Indian state’s volatile and poorly defined border with neighbouring China, he has watched Indian land disappear before his eyes.

Lao Villagers Lose Farmland to Chinese Banana Grower

3 April 2020

South-Eastern Asia

Laos

Villagers in Laos say a Chinese-owned banana plantation in has unfairly acquired the land of 46 families in the northern part of the country, many of whom were coerced by authorities into selling for a miniscule compensation package

India: SGPC chief to probe land deal during Makkar’s tenure

10 August 2017

India

The order to probe the deal was passed on a complaint by Amritsar-based petitioner Baldev Singh Sirsa. Badungar had replaced Makkar as SGPC chief, and both are reportedly not on good terms.

The Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission has ordered a probe into a Rs 2.7 crore land deal for Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib, Ropar, during the tenure of former SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar. The panel has asked incumbent SGPC President Kirpal Singh Badungar to probe the allegations and submit a report in two months.

Conflict erupts between Chinese mining company, government and indigenous communities in Ecuador

26 January 2017

Ecuador

The Ecuadorian government recently declared a state of emergency in the province of Morona Santiago, which civil society organizations say is harmfully restricting the rights of indigenous communities.

US: Indigenous Women Leaders of Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance to Speak Out For Protection of Earth and Water

United States of America

By: Jade Begay
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: CommonDreams

Organizations

Australian Disputes Centre (ADC)

ADC services respond to the needs of business and the community for confidence in the efficient resolution of disputes through best-practice ADR

Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH)

La CIDH es un órgano principal y autónomo de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) encargado de la promoción y protección de los derechos humanos en el continente americano. Está integrada por siete miembros independientes que se desempeñan en forma personal y tiene su sede en Washington, D.C. Fue creada por la OEA en 1959 y, en forma conjunta con la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH), instalada en 1979, es una institución del Sistema Interamericano de protección de los derechos humanos (SIDH).

Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM-Defensoras)

La Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM-Defensoras) inició su trabajo en 2010 con el fin de dar una respuesta integral y regional al aumento de la violencia contra las defensoras de derechos humanos en Mesoamérica.

Actualmente, la IM-Defensoras busca fortalecer y vincular a defensoras que participan en distintas organizaciones y movimientos sociales para fortalecer redes de protección y solidaridad entre ellas y aumentar la visibilidad, el reconocimiento y el impacto de su trabajo por los derechos humanos.

Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism

The Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism is Africa’s first journalistic investigation unit focusing on environmental issues. The Oxpeckers #MineAlert enables the tracking and sharing of mining applications and licences and provides analytic reporting on mining and land related issues. The Center combines traditional investigative reporting with data analysis and geo-mapping tools to expose eco-offences and track organised criminal syndicates.

TransConflict

TransConflict undertakes conflict transformation projects and research.

It is TransConflict’s assertion that the successful transformation of conflict requires a multi-dimensional approach that engages with and aims at transforming the very interests, relationships, discourses and structures that underpin and fuel outbreaks of low- and high-intensity violence.

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conflict of interest

Collaborative social work is preparing communities for the historic task of untangling land ownership in a municipality plagued with conflict and displacement.

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