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EVICTIONS and DISPLACEMENTS: INCIDENTS, IMPACTS and REDRESS ASSESSMENT (IIRA) TOOL

Training Resources & Tools
December, 2017
Kenya

IIRATOOL The conceptual structure of the tool is composed of three entities and their elements, and relationships among the entities. They are termed as: Incidents, Impacts and Redress. The proposition is Incidents of involuntary evictions and involuntary displacements of community of inhabitants from their settlements, cause heterogenous Impacts that human dignity, as they involve human rights deprivation of well-being, wealth and habitat and of the evictees and displacees. The Impacts justify Redress of the wrongdoings, which may deter repetition of. Incidents.

Kenya Refugees and internally displaced persons

Training Resources & Tools
December, 2017
Kenya

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 285,705 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers); 111,361 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers); 35,490 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers); 27,979 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers); 12,759 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers); 9,962 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2017)

Towards fair and effective legislation on compulsory land acquisition in Cameroon

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Cameroon

Cameroon is part of a global trend towards large-scale investments in infrastructure, agriculture, extractive industries, industrial facilities and real estate that are displacing many people. Deeming these projects in the public interest, governments often acquire land by expropriating locally-held land rights. But compulsory land acquisition has severe economic, social and cultural impacts for families and communities.

Land

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
December, 2017
Philippines
Eastern Asia
Oceania

It is acknowledged that conflict over land is a major source of violence in various parts of Mindanao, particularly the prosed Bangsamoro region. Historical accounts trace the root cause of land issues and identity-based conflict to the introduction of the Regalian doctrine of land ownership by Spanish colonizers. During the American colonial regime at the turn of the 20th century, dispossession of land held by the original inhabitants of Mindanao accelerated, with an emphasis of titling lands for private ownership that clashed with the tradition of ancestral domain.

Participación política de las mujeres en condición de desplazamiento en el consejo comunitario de "La Mamuncia" (Vereda Cacahual) en el municipio de López de Micay

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Colombia

Esta investigación analiza desde el ámbito sociocultural la participación política de las mujeres en condición de desplazamiento en el Consejo Comunitario La Mamuncia (Vereda El Cacahual) del municipio de López de Micay-Cauca, territorio en el cual se encuentran concentradas diferentes familias afrocaucanas que carecen de empleo, educación, seguridad alimentaria y salud, además de ser víctimas de la violencia por parte de los grupos armados.

Paloma Vidal: uma reflexão sobre a literatura multiterritorializada em mais ao Sul

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Brazil
Argentina

Nesta pesquisa, tem-se como objetivo analisar as narrativas do livro Mais ao Sul (2008) de Paloma Vidal – corpus deste trabalho. Nesse sentido, pretende-se investigar a produção literária da autora em histórias que se constituem por deslocamentos sociais, culturais, linguísticos e subjetivos, construindo, assim, uma obra literária marcada pelo processo migratório.

Impact of large scale investments on the livelihoods of smallholder farming communities : the cases of green fuels and Tongaat Hullett Zimbabwe

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Zimbabwe
Sub-Saharan Africa

The impacts of large-scale agricultural investments on rural communities’ land ownership, food security, productivity, income, and access to education and health differ within and between communities depending on business and government influence. Recent examples of large-scale investment models are dependent on the legal landscape in the investor’s country of origin, the investor-community linkages, and the nature of partnership with governments.

La ciudad en la encrucijada neoliberal. Urbanismo mercado-céntrico y desigualdad socio-espacial en América Latina

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean

Resumen A la luz de los aportes de numerosos investigadores, me propongo debatir en este artículo, lo que en auge se viene denominando como la ciudad neoliberal. Una ciudad remozada y remodelada, pensada y rediseñada por y para el mercado, donde los proyectos estratégicos como pensamiento único, redefinen el sentido de lo urbano. Los cambios en los procesos sociales, políticos, y económicos quedan objetivados en el espacio, acompañado por un pragmatismo arquitectónico que produce y recrea nuevas materialidades urbanísticas, residenciales, comerciales, de ocio con carácter más clasista.

Mission report of OHCHR rapid response mission to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 13-24 September 2017

Reports & Research
October, 2017
Myanmar

...Credible information indicates that the Myanmar security forces purposely destroyed the
property of the Rohingyas, scorched their dwellings and entire villages in northern Rakhine
State, not only to drive the population out in droves but also to prevent the fleeing Rohingya
victims from returning to their homes. The destruction by the Tatmadaw of houses, fields,
food-stocks, crops, livestock and even trees, render the possibility of the Rohingya returning
to normal lives and livelihoods in the future in northern Rakhine almost impossible. It also

A (des)habitação enquanto um disciplinamento moral e uma prática de Estado na criação de territórios

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2017
América do Sul
Brasil

Inserida na área da antropologia urbana e de uma antropologia do Estado, a pesquisa tem como ponto de partida os processos de reconfiguração e transformação urbana na cidade do Rio de Janeiro nos últimos anos, apontando para um aumento, provocado pelo município, dos deslocamentos forçados das famílias que habitam áreas periféricas e de favelas.

Dealing with displacement in Myanmar’s peace process (Working Paper).

Reports & Research
August, 2017
Myanmar

Executive Summary:
"Myanmar has been engaged in a process of political change since 2011. A central goal of these reforms
has been the attempt to resolve political conflicts between ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) and the
Myanmar Government. Talks began under the ‘civilian
government’ led by Thein Sein and have continued
under the National League of Democracy (NLD)
-
led Government. However, several years of talks have
produced little concrete progress.
This is a complex peace process, which has only the partial inclusion