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Land and water - the rights interface

… as a subsidiary component of land tenure rights, a right to use water often being dependant on the existence of … played in this process by water rights that define who has access to water - and who does not. It is against this … B., Ferguson, F. & Peters, P. 2002. Promoting Equitable Access to Water Resources¸ Brief No. 12, University of …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… ix 3 17 45 99 151 213 241 287 FOREWORD Ensuring secure access to land is a key element of protecting the right to food of rural populations that depend on agriculture … and often unwilling to tackle issues such as women’s access to and control over land, which remains discriminatory …
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… to contribute to the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, environmental … by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests. The eradication of … large measure on how people, communities and others gain access to land, fisheries and forests. The livelihoods of …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… poverty by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests. This technical guide … Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAR fuzzy access rights FPIC free, prior and informed consent ICCA … security and supporting the progressive realization of the right to adequate food; (2) improving social and development …
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Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers

… promotes and supports the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, which is one of the objectives of the … the Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 5.2.1 Improving access to courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 5.2.2 … of disputes over tenure rights Box 5.5 Improving access to courts in Botswana and Brazil Box 5.6 Formalizing …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… ry Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate  … 5. Respect tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water.  6. Conserve and  … times, have physical, economic and  social access  to  … Voluntary Guidelines on the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the  …
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Developing gender‐equitable legal frameworks for land tenure

… Gender‐equitable implementation, dispute mechanisms and access   … Special Rapporteur Reports on adequate housing, and the Right to Food movement. Women’s land rights  …   Discrimination  in access  to  land may originate  from a  …  succession law can directly or indirectly restrict women’s right to  own  or  control  property,  or  inherit  it.  The  …
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Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

… governance of tenure, which places secure access to land, fisheries and forests firmly in the  … issues  such as gender, human  rights and access  to  justice. A  multi‐stakeholder  platform  on  the  … components  of  the  above‐mentioned project, under  the  “right  to  food”  theme,  aimed  at mapping  and  evaluating  …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… urban environments and the constraints on the use of and access to these resources are different from those of … countryside immediately adjoining a town which people can access from their homes. Legal and institutional aspects of … but with the objective of preventing damages it gives the right to the responsible authority to enter any property on …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… any building, premise or place to which the public have access; 04 I Governance 18 Environmental Law in Pakistan I … from amongst the officials available in the district. 19. Right of the Zilla Nazim to take part in Council’s meetings.— … (i) elect an lnsaf Committee which shall facilitate access of the people to the Member Inspection Team of the …
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