scholarly journals Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Livelihoods and Human Rights in South-East Asia

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Gironde ◽  
Christophe Golay
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Land Acquisitions ◽  
Large Scale Land

The Minimum Human Rights Principles Applicable to Large-Scale Land Acquisitions or Leases

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscilla Claeys ◽  
Gaëtan Vanloqueren
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Land Acquisitions ◽  
Large Scale Land

scholarly journals A human rights-based approach: A gate to development of African women's land rights?

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Tengnäs
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Development ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Land Acquisitions ◽  
Large Scale Land ◽  
Human Rights Based Approach

The global competition for African land is at a historical peak. Local effects of large-scale land acquisitions depend on multiple factors, but women's rights and livelihoods are generally very fragile due to historical and contemporary injustices. Good land governance is important for turning the land acquisitions into equal and equitable development opportunities. The human rights-based approach promotes good governance by adding strength and legal substance to the principles of participation and inclusion, openness and transparency, accountability and the rule of law, and equality and nondiscrimination. By empowering rights-holders and enhancing duty-bearers' capacity, international development cooperation can lead to wider and more gender-balanced inclusion of civil society in negotiations of large-scale land acquisitions and greater adherence of duty-bearers to the rule of law. This is especially important in African countries with large amounts of land and weak legal and institutional frameworks to protect rights, especially those of women.

Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Commitment Problems and International Law

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yorck Diergarten ◽  
Tim Krieger
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Weak Institutions ◽  
Land Acquisitions ◽  
Property Rights Protection ◽  
International Investors ◽  
Large Scale Land ◽  
Commitment Problems

AbstractDeveloping countries with weak institutions often face severe commitment problems. International investors are reluctant to invest in these countries because their property rights are insufficiently protected. We argue that in order to overcome the commitment problem countries may subject investors’ rights protection to independent investment tribunals. These tribunals are known to strictly support property rights protection and to be reluctant to honor human rights considerations, although they might be applicable. This may explain why human rights of the local smallholders in large-scale land acquisitions are hardly protected in the Global South.

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