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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world Katrina Cuskelly i ii Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law … the copyright holder. Citation: Cuskelly, Katrina. (2011). Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… land rights xi 1. Flexibly allow for the full range of customs within a nation to be expressed and practiced while … "African ways", in reality the chiefs' powers and the "customs" being enforced were subject to the definition and … commercialisation of land. The stability of long-standing customs seems to be weakening in many places, and yet 40 …
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Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

… property  rights,  choosing  instead  to  enforce  customs  which  may  undermine  … have  their  origin  in  poro20  laws,  native  rites  or  customs,  land  disputes,  including  … nd traditions (Section 29). Chiefs are the guardians of the customs  and  traditions  of  their  chiefdoms. While  they  …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… (Nagoya Protocol). Community protocols document the customs, procedures and practices of ILCs. There often tends … with respect for their social and cultural identity, their customs and traditions and their institutions” (Article 2). … priorities for development (Article 7) • Rights to retain customs and traditions (Article 8) • Land rights (Article 14) …
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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… 14. Shaheed, F. 1997. The interface of culture, customs and law: Women’s Law in Legal Education and Practice … historic information and dealt with the issue of change in customs and people’s lifestyle at greater length. The …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… and have been able to use their status to change social customs, leading to empowerment of women. Some of us also … recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous … to indigenous peoples, “due regard shall be had to their customs or customary laws.” 16 The UNDRIP expands on this …
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

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Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… aspects of the development of national ethnic groups’ customs and culture. That policy is expressed in the …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… equipment and vehicles  from customs duties or exemptions  from profit tax  …
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