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IIED, the Sustainable Development Strategies Group (SDSG) and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) have created a collection of community development laws for the mining sector to encourage and facilitate better research and policy. The resource, with all community development laws available to search via the map above and all legislation and agreements in the list below, includes relevant legislation from 54 countries. All documents are available to download in PDF format.

On 20 August 2019 at 10h00 the Constitutional Court handed down judgment in an application for leave to appeal against the judgment and order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).  This case concerned the failure by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (Department) to process land tenant applications submitted in terms of the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 3 of 1996 (LTA).  Because of that failure, the Land Claims Court (LCC) ordered the appointment of a Special Master for labour tenants to assist the Department in its implementation of the LTA.

The Pietermaritzburg High Court handed down a precedent setting judgment on the case against local municipalities for their failure to provide farm dwellers and labour tenants with access to water, adequate sanitation and refuse collection.

This document summarizes the wealth of announcements on forests at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit, including the New York Declaration on Forests, its associated voluntary Action Agenda, and a large number of supportive concrete action announcements.

Presidential Order N° 54/01 of 12th October 2006 Determining Structure, Responsibilities, Functioning and Composition of Land Commissions.
Published on the 17 October 2006.

Ministerial Order N° 002/2008 of 01/4/2008 Determining Modalities of Land Registration.
Published on the 1st August 2008.

Prime Minister’s Order N° 17/03 of 9 October 2006 Establishing the Task Force in Charge of Land Reform and Management in Rwanda.
Published on the 17 October 2006.

Ministerial Order N° 001/2008 of 01/04/2008 Determining the Requirements and Procedures for Land Lease.
Published on the 1st April 2008.

Ministerial Order N° 001/16.01 of 30/01/2013 Modifying and Complementing the Ministerial Order N° 001/16.01 of 26/04/2011 Determining Modalities of Land Sharing.
Published on the 25 February 2013.

Ministerial Order N° 003/14 OF 14/04/2014 Determining the Structure of Land Registers, the Responsibilities and the Functioning of the District Land Bureau. Published on the 14 April 2014