Land in South Sudan is a prickly thing, complicated even further by the confusion associated with legal land ownership. The parallels and discrepancies between provisions in the laws and practice on the ground have driven the confusion. The absence of sound government policy on land ownership has
By: Alisa Tang
Date: 24 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Since 2010, four people have been killed in a community locked in a battle for the right to use government land
(Updates date of officials' visit in graf 33 and upcoming court verdict in graf 34, year of coup in graf
By: Mike Verdin
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Agrimoney.com
Expansion of palm oil producers into Latin America, the "new frontier for global expansion" is snagging on confusion over land rights – which is encouraging some groups to expand into rainforest.
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: 13 December 2016
Source: Thomsn Reuters Foundation
A group of U.S. lawmakers is making a year-end push to suspend millions of dollars in military assistance to Honduras, citing mounting human rights concerns, including the murder of high-profile land rights activist
By Carissa Wolf, Mark Berman and Kevin Sullivan
Date: January 4th 2016
Source: Washington Post
BURNS, Ore. — B.J. Soper has seen the frustration building for years in this rural corner of Oregon.
By: Lin Taylor
Date: 12 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mass killings, forced evictions and conflicts over land put indigenous and minority groups at risk of being eradicated from their ancestral lands, a human rights group said on Tuesday.
By: Silas Gbandia
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: Equal Times
A former member of Sierra Leone’s parliament has spoken of his determination to put an end to what he describes as the “underhand deals” taking place between the authorities and international palm oil producers in his country.
By: Francis Mugerwa
Date: December 19th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Perched on a wooden stool under a tree shade in his courtyard, Mr Eriakimu Kaseegu, props his cheek in his right palm, seeming to be in deep thought. His home is located in Kisimo Cell, Buliisa Town Council in Buliisa
By: JTA
Date: January 19th 2016
Source: Forward.com
JERUSALEM — Human Rights Watch said businesses should stop operating in West Bank Jewish settlements because they violate Palestinian rights.
Date: 20 July 2016
Source: INQUIRER.net
A European Union-backed project aimed at enhancing the protection of rights defenders working on land and environmental issues was launched on Wednesday.
By: Manuela Picq
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: Intercontinental Cry Magazine
Challenging Terra Nullius in the courts of Guatemala
Copones is a large Maya Q’eqchi’ territory in Guatemala, in the northern province of Quiché along the Mexican border with Chiapas. Q’eqchi’ communities have
By: Shadrack Kavilu and Justus Wanzala
Date: 17 January 2017
Source: Reuters
When the Kenyan government announced five years ago that coal deposits had been found in the Mui Basin, a land of rolling hills and pristine forests east of Nairobi, local farmers hoped the discovery would help