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Tatmadaw attacks destroy civilian property and displace villages in northern Papun District

Reports & Research
april, 2011
Myanmar

Tatmadaw forces continue to deliberately target civilians, civilian settlements and food supplies in northern Papun District. On February 25th 2011 shelling directed at communities in Saw Muh Bplaw, Ler Muh Bplaw and Plah Koh village tracts in Lu Thaw Township displaced residents of 14 villages as they sought temporary refuge at hiding sites in the forest. After villagers fled, Tatmadaw troops looted civilians' possessions, burned parts of settlement areas and destroyed buildings and food stores in Dteh Neh village.

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Reports & Research
maart, 2011
Global

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent, address and remedy human rights abuses committed in business operations.

Lords of the Land

Reports & Research
februari, 2011
Mozambique

The term ‘usurpation’ refers to the action of crafty or violent appropriation of something which is legitimately owned by someone else and is therefore; taken without right, acquired by fraud, or illegally possessed. The term is used to describe the global phenomenon of “land grabbing”, such as the rent or purchase of vast extensions of land in poorer developing countries (as is the case of Mozambique) by richer countries with food insecurity and by private investors of those same countries so as to produce or explore diverse goods for export.

Dilemmas of Burma in transition

Reports & Research
februari, 2011
Myanmar

Until a government of Burma is able to accept the role of non-state armed groups as providers for civilian populations and affords them legitimacy within a legal framework, sustained conflict and mass displacement remain inevitable.

Terra, trabalho e autonomia

Journal Articles & Books
januari, 2011
América Latina e Caribe
América do Sul
Brasil
O estudo teve por objetivo analisar a relação entre o trabalho e a autonomia e como essa relação se refletiu sobre as condições de reprodução dos assentados comparativamente à sua condição anterior como trabalhadores nas fazendas de cacau. A pesquisa foi realizada no Assentamento Terra Vista, localizado no município de Arataca, na região cacaueira . O tema de investigação revelou-se nas visitas e diálogos com os assentados.

Irregular and illegal land acquisition by Kenya’s elites: Trends, processes, and impacts of Kenya’s land-grabbing phenomenon

Reports & Research
januari, 2011
Kenya
Africa

Includes government custodianship of public land, what land is targeted?, how do Kenya’s elites access land?, identifying the impacts and victims of the land-grabbing phenomenon, policy developments and current debates on Kenya’s land question.

Human rights abuses and obstacles to protection: Conditions for civilians amidst ongoing conflict in Dooplaya and Pa'an districts

Reports & Research
januari, 2011
Myanmar

Amidst ongoing conflict between the Tatmadaw and armed groups in eastern Dooplaya and Pa'an districts, civilians, aid workers and soldiers from state and non-state armies continue to report a variety of human rights abuses and security concerns for civilians in areas adjacent to Thailand's Tak Province, including: functionally indiscriminate mortar and small arms fire; landmines; arbitrary arrest and detention; sexual violence; and forced portering.

Distribución del agua en el Perú desde una perspectiva de cuenca

Journal Articles & Books
januari, 2011
Peru

El artículo plantea la importancia de integrar el concepto de cuenca a la distribución de los recursos. Se propone integrar un trabajo detallado por cuenca que involucre el cálculo del caudal de agua, la variación de la napa freática, el caudal ecológico, los volúmenes de erosión y la distribución actual del agua, para de allí plantear la distribución del agua en la cuenca. El aprovechamiento y distribución de los recursos naturales se encuentran estrechamente vinculados a la distribución del agua.

Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, The Compulsory Acquisition of Privately-Held Land by Government

Policy Papers & Briefs
januari, 2011
Africa

This lesson brief focuses on four issues - compulsory acquisition uses; procedures for exercising this authority; compensation; and redress - which are central to balancing private land rights and compulsory land acquisition for public purposes.It is part of the Uganda module on the