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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… secure access to land is a key element of protecting the right to food of rural populations that depend on agriculture … should reflect and legalize the realities of land use and property transactions practiced by the majority of the people … of community administrator, judge, land allocator and property registrar. While in some contexts these leaders are …
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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… to open access resources but rather a system of communal property. In the case of resources that would otherwise be … R. S. and Pradhan, R. (2002). Legal pluralism and dynamic property rights. CAPRi Working Paper no. 22. Washington, … and agreements more specifically guarantee the right to own property.26 UNDRIP also calls for the …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… to environmental and social benefits when ILCs have the right of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) over any … and opposition to understanding life and knowledge as property. Diagram 1: Illustrating the holistic nature of … its life forms and the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples as property or "commodities". • We oppose the actions of …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… WHO World Health Organization WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Intergovernmental Committee Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and … Park ICA includes articles from human rights law, the right to food, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the …
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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… Malia – revenue; tax on crops G l o s s a ry Maliki – property Malkiat – property; ownership (in Hunza) Mari – Slaughter of an animal … Raja. The Rajas had the authority to withdraw any kind of right or concession as well. During British rule, Rajas …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… nization Agreement on Trade‐Related Aspects of Intellectual Property  Rights   SPS   … ry Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate  … Voluntary Guidelines on the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the  … gender.  Many  states  have  also  modified  land  and  property  …
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Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

… components  of  the  above‐mentioned project, under  the  “right  to  food”  theme,  aimed  at mapping  and  evaluating  … statutes  that  provide  better  protection  for  women’s  property  rights,  choosing  instead  to  enforce  customs  … which  protects a host of  relevant  rights  such as  the  right of everyone  to adequate  food and  the  …
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