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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… rights in Africa 13 3. What kind of local leadership and decision-making structures best allow for downward … power, stronger kinship ties, and access to powerful decision-makers are more likely to triumph in struggles over … "property" of their husbands, and often have little to no decision-making power around questions of household …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… national actors at both technical and decision‐making levels, to ensure that countries’ … who will be responsible for oversight. Where a decision is taken to integrate responsible … forth general provisions and providing authority for decision‐making and oversight. They may also be found in …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… areas “Officially designated protected areas where decision-making power is shared between state agencies and … customary laws and practices; • governance systems and decision- making processes; • community development plans; • … in relation to customary no-take zones and customary decision-making concerning tribal land and the coastal zone. …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… hear their case, consider the evidence and issue a binding decision. In mediation, … and reach a dispute settlement agreement, without making a decision and closing other options to … the youth do not often participate in decision‐making processes. … to land and minerals. Anyone dissatisfied with a decision of the Agency may apply to the High …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… • A self-definition of the group and its leadership and decision- making processes; • How they promote in situ … against environmental degradation. For example, a recent decision by the Loisukutan Forest Committee has determined … be given all relevant information with which to take a decision and given time to discuss the issues within the …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… disputes in their jurisdictions. Appeals against a wazir’s decision went to the Raja for a final decision. Lumbardars were paid in kind, usually with grain, … were resolved in this way, the jastero would announce the decision openly in the same sitting. Otherwise, the jastero …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… to take whatever action it considers appropriate where a decision that is otherwise binding on the court is … on issues of state and public importance with the decision reached by the kurultai submitted to the relevant … supreme law of the land. Any law, customary practice or a decision of an organ of state or a public official which …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… water governance by facilitating transparent and inclusive decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and … Management of the Ramsar Convention in Lao PDR; and the Decision of the Provincial Committee for Wetland Management … practices, conceptions of rights, and leadership and decision-making structures; conceptual aspects and scope of …