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Land and water - the rights interface
… OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2004 Land and water – the rights interface S. Hodgson for the Development Law Service … waste disposal sites, may not actively need water. But all human activities around that land certainly will. And while … to do with the so-called "right to water", a putative human right which is claimed to exist either as a right in …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… ISSN 1014-6679 Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa An investigation into best practices for … contributes to tenure insecurity, which in turn can hamper human development, mire people in poverty and contribute to … while implementing restrictions that impose basic human rights standards on customary practices, protect …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should … May 2012. They build on international law – in particular, human rights law – and set out principles and internationally … law as a principle of responsible governance and as a key human rights principle. V 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should be made via www.fao.org/contact‐ … livelihoods, promote human rights and mitigate risks to food security and … i. Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… legal and organizational frameworks that regulate tenure rights; for enhancing the transparency and administration of … including the Millennium Development Goals, that address human rights and tenure rights. When readers of these … international law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should … on pastoral lands relates to other guides . . . . . . . 4 Human rights framework, resilience and human well-being . . . . . . . . . 5 Section 1: Issues and …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and … forestry and on cross‐cutting issues such as gender, human rights and access to justice. A multi‐stakeholder … population was judged to be multi‐dimensionally poor (Human Development Report 2014). The country’s economy …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… River Protection Ordinance 2002, deal with the dumping of human waste and other pollutants into freshwater sources. … (xxxix) ‘Village’ means an integrated and contiguous human habitation commonly identified by a name and includes a … the court, compound any offence under this Ordinance. 147. Rights of Citizen not affected.— Nothing contained in section …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… Box 3: Chapter IV.C of the UN-Habitat Agenda: Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world ...... 8 Box 4: Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements: General Assembly Resolutions 51/177 of 16 … Parties to the Biodiversity Treaty "affirm sovereign rights over the biological resources found within their …