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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 …
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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 …
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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 . . . . . . . . . . …
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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  …
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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
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Developing gender‐equitable legal frameworks for land tenure

… All  requests  for  translation  and  adaptation  rights,  and  for  resale  and  other commercial use rights should be made via www.fao.org/contact‐ … ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS      ACHPR  African Charter on Human and People’s Rights  CEDAW  …
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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 …
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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  …
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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 …
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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 …
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