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Land and water - the rights interface
… – the rights interface S. Hodgson for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office All rights reserved. … response ................ 79 6.3 Rights created under customary law .......................................... 83 … 83 6.3.2 What is meant by customary law? ............................... 84 6.3.3 What …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture CLO Customary Law Officers CSO Civil Society Organization DC … vested in local courts. They are allowed by law to … and rights‐ compatible ways, they can advance the rule of law and help maintain social cohesion. …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… 12 9. Indigenous peoples and other communities with customary tenure systems 14 10. Informal tenure 16 Transfers … with States’ existing obligations under international law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and … public, private, communal, collective, indigenous and customary. 2.5 These Guidelines should be interpreted and …
A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement
… Nations Watercourses Convention, 1997 ILC International Law Commission GLOSSARY Convention: The creation of a written … Charters, through to Statutes, Declarations and Covenants. Customary International Law: Rules derived from the general … 20 3.3 UNWC would align the Mekong Agreement with customary law ............................... 21 3.4 UNWC …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… at the National Level IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 77 IUCN Environmental Law Programme … emissions in the forest sector – the relationship between customary and statutory rights in land is problematic. REDD … the owner, or state authorities, may withdraw them.4 1.2.1 Customary rights vs. statutory rights In developing …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… It is a fundamental principle in international law, embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and the … to protect the rights (human, environmental, land and customary) of all affected communities, especially the most … made by the rights-holders and reached through the customary decision-making processes of the affected …
Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
… paper undertakes a review of the applicable international law as well as national law regimes; and the specific … much of the region has resulted in the trivialisation of customary law and practice. This contributes to the … cross-border community initiatives that are regulated by customary law and practice, none of these are discussed. This …
Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region
… paper undertakes a review of the applicable international law as well as national law regimes; and the specific … much of the region has resulted in the trivialisation of customary law and practice. This contributes to the … cross-border community initiatives that are regulated by customary law and practice, none of these are discussed. This …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… Parks by a single hectare. In 2006, a new Protected Area Law instituted a system of shared governance for all French … should then be undertaken, identifying local legal and customary rights, interests, concerns and capacities for … peoples, local communities and actors entitled because of customary rights and considerations of gender and social …