Reform Development Finance Institutions’ (DFIs) grievance mechanisms to uphold human rights

Reform Development Finance Institutions’ (DFIs) grievance mechanisms to uphold human rights

11 November 2022

In November 2018, leaders from nine communities from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) whose land rights and livelihood were affected by the PHC-Feronia large-scale palm oil plantation took a historic step and filed a complaint. They were the first communities to request mediation and to date their issues remain unresolved.

7 injured near Kurram border following firing from Afghan side over land dispute: officials

The Kurram border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

7 injured near Kurram border following firing from Afghan side over land dispute: officials

20 November 2022

Seven people were injured following firing from Afghanistan to Pakistan, linked to local cross-border land disputes

DRC president finally signs new Indigenous peoples law

Patrick Saidi Hemedi (center left), coordinator of the Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones (DGPA) in the DRC. Image courtesy of Rights and Resources Institute.

DRC president finally signs new Indigenous peoples law

16 November 2022

After 14 years of advocacy, the DRC president finally signs new Indigenous peoples law. On Wednesday, the president of the DRC, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi, signed and promulgated the new law on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Indigenous Pygmy Peoples.

Can a luxury chocolate company save a Congolese forest?

DRC risks losing primary forests due to cocoa boom

Can a luxury chocolate company save a Congolese forest?

16 November 2022

The widespread popularity of chocolate has led to a cocoa boom in the DRC, escalating deforestation in the country’s primary forests by impoverished locals in the war-torn region.

India

An immense country in population and land size, land governance in India was significantly affected by the transition from a socialist to a market economy since the 1980s. There is complexity both due to the high number of laws relating

The Moi struggle for land rights

River and mangroves of Segun district in Sorong regency

The Moi struggle for land rights

15 November 2022

On the ground and in the courts, members of the Moi indigenous group are resisting oil palm expansion in West Papua, Indonesia

Bangladesh's Santals continue struggle for ancestral land

Bangladesh's indigenous Santal people demand justice six years after being attacked and driven out of their ancestral land

Bangladesh's Santals continue struggle for ancestral land

08 November 2022

Indigenous Santal people in Bangladesh remember the deadly clashes that led to their eviction from their ancestral land six years ago.

Webinar recap: The New Customary Land Rights Act in Sierra Leone

17 November 2022

In September 2022, Sierra Leone enacted unprecedented new laws related to land, climate and sustainable development – the Customary Land Rights Act 2022 and the National Land Commission Act 2022. The webinar focused on the Customary Land Rights Act 2022, and its transformative power to support communities in protecting their land rights and pursue sustainable development.

Analysis: At COP27, nature protection takes root - but value still unclear

Analysis: At COP27, nature protection takes root - but value still unclear

16 November 2022

A push to conserve 30% of the planet's land and oceans by 2030 - a key pillar of a new global nature pact due to be agreed next month - has gained the support of about 112 nations, a big boost from 70 a year ago, leaders said at the COP27 climate summit.

Cop27: ‘It’s humiliating’ – Indigenous voices say they are being ignored at climate summit – as it happened

16 November 2022

A Kulkalgal activist from the Torres Strait Islands has said the way the world often treats Indigenous people is an insult and that he is here at the Cop27 conference in Egypt “fighting for our home”.

Subscribe to

Language

page search

Reform Development Finance Institutions’ (DFIs) grievance mechanisms to uphold human rights

7 injured near Kurram border following firing from Afghan side over land dispute: officials

DRC president finally signs new Indigenous peoples law

Can a luxury chocolate company save a Congolese forest?

India

The Moi struggle for land rights

Bangladesh's Santals continue struggle for ancestral land

Webinar recap: The New Customary Land Rights Act in Sierra Leone

Analysis: At COP27, nature protection takes root - but value still unclear

Cop27: ‘It’s humiliating’ – Indigenous voices say they are being ignored at climate summit – as it happened