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. 

This study aims to assess the applicability of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forest in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) in urban and peri-urban areas. The study also aims to facilitate decision-making on the next steps needed to ensure the application of the VGGT in urban and peri-urban areas, including informing the implementers on how they can anchor the VGGT in their activities, i.e. to apply or use the VGGT in their work in urban and peri-urban areas.

This toolkit contains a series of information notes explaining different aspects of the Inter-American human rights system. It is designed to help indigenous women and their advocates to use the system effectively.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: •This joint submission by the Coalition of Indigenous Peoples in Myanmar/Burma focuses on
the collective rights of indigenous peoples, particularly the thematic areas of land,
territories, and natural resources, development, and language and cultural rights, with
militarization, self-determination, and free, prior
and informed consent (FPIC) as cross-cutting issues. •Section A describes the context of indigenous peoples in Myanmar/Burma. It highlights the

Ivitiporä es un caso que muestra la lucha por la libertad y el territorio. Las estrategias para disputar el territorio, la compra de tierras para formar la comunidad y articularse con diversos actores e instituciones para reasentar a la población que se liberaba del yugo de la explotación o buscaba nuevas oportunidades en tierras más fértiles.

As organizations working on food security, natural resources management and poverty eradication, we strongly encourage governments to keep the profile of land and natural resources high in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda document to be endorsed in September 2015. Secure and equitable land rights are an essential element of an Agenda that has the ambition to be people-centred and planet-sensitive.

The government of Argentina and the
World Bank desire to improve the efficiency and results of
the environmental and social outcomes of jointly financed
development projects. As part of a workshop in November 2010
attended by officials of the Ministry of Economy and Public
Finance of Argentina, World Bank staff, and representatives
of implementing units of projects being co-financed by the
Bank, several issues with regard to the implementation of

Con la anexión de las provincias de Arica y Tarapacá a Chile, los aymaras del altiplano debieron inscribir el dominio de sus tierras en los archivos conservadores de la propiedad, de acuerdo con el sistema jurídico del país, situación que otorga a estos registros documentales un papel importante como repositorio objetivo de un momento importante en la historia indígena regional y nacional. Los antecedentes que se exponen señalan que este fue un proceso masivo que se materializó en pocas décadas que terminó con la mayoría de las propiedades inscritas.

This publication provides an overview of the findings of a review of land tenure security in Asia and the Pacific region in collaboration with key partners. It highlights the major land challenges, barriers and opportunities as the basis for future decisions about partnerships and engagement in the land sector at sub-regional and country level. The findings are based on an extensive literature review, interviews, a questionnaire, validation at several multi-stakeholder meetings and peer review.

This issue brief highlights the challenges indigenous peoples experience in securing their customary land rights in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Philippines; hence, this publication specifies recommendations for the government and CSOs in strengthening the recognition to indigenous peoples' rights.

This compilation of scoping studies on indigenous peoples in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Philippines reveals how the basic bond of indigenous peoples to land are threatened by forces far more powerful than they are equipped to face.