The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981…

This Act makes provision for the conservation, use, management and control of land situated in mountain catchment areas. "Mountain catchment area" means any area declared by the Minister under section 2 to be a mountain catchment area. The Minister may issue directions to the owner or…

The Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Regional Assessment meeting was organized by a task force consisting of FAO, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, African Land Policy Initiative, the United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the…

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) and other development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector,…

This Act regulates the (grant of) administration of real and personal estates of deceased persons, minors and persons under curatorship and of derelict estates. The Act also places restrictions of the disposal of such estates and provides for registration of documents and the handling of…

The Act provides for the survey of land. The 47 sections are divided into 8 Chapters: Introductory Provisions (Chap. 1); Administration of the Act (Chap. 1); Duties of Land Surveyors (Chap. 2); Original Surveys and Resurveys (Chap. 3); Division Surveys (Chap. 4); Townships (Chap. 5); Beacons and…

The Contracting States, in the belief that objectives set out in the Preamble would be better achieved by amending the 1968 Algiers Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by expanding elements related to sustainable development, have agreed on measures to enhance…

The Agreement aims at the development of technical cooperation between Germany and Namibia. In particular, Germany grants a credit to Namibia to improve the infrastructure required to realize land reform The text consists of 5 articles.

This Resolution is composed of two articles and one annex. It approves the Treaty on the Demarcation of the Border between Angola and Namibia. The annexed Treaty is composed of eight articles and three annexes. It defines the borders between the two States and regulates the resolution of…

This Act amends the Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Act, 1995 so as to make regional governors members of Land Reform Advisory Commission committees. A committee established under subsection (1) of section 9 shall consist of the regional governor for the respective region, who shall be the…

The selected provisions of this Act introduce measures to prevent nuisances. No person shall cause a nuisance (defined by this Act) or shall suffer to exist on any land or premises owned or occupied by him or her of which (s)he is in charge any nuisance or other condition liable to be injurious…