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This article explores land reform that integrates statutory and customary tenure. It examine what this implies for tenure security of customary landholders. Land reform inevitably feeds into institutional multiplicity and competition, and serves as a venue for the renegotiation of land governing authorities and regulations. In Uganda, through such reform, customary authorities are delegitimised and […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Land rights,
Misión FPP apoya los derechos de los pueblos que viven en los bosques y que dependen de ellos para su sustento. Trabajamos para crear un espacio político para que los pueblos de los bosques aseguren sus derechos, controlen sus tierras y decidan su propio futuro. Objetivos Conseguir que los derechos y los intereses de los […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Climate change, Land rights,
The paper proposes that reports of pervasive competition and conflict overland in sub-Saharan Africa belie a current image of negotiable and adaptive customary systems of landholding and land use but, instead, reveal processes of exclusion, deepening social divisions and class formation. Cases of ambiguous and indeterminate outcomes among claimants over land do occur, but the […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Land rights,
Mission Forest Peoples Programme défend les droits des peuples qui vivent dans les forêts et en tirent leur subsistance. Nous oeuvrons à créer un espace politique qui permette aux peuples des forêts de sauvegarder leurs droits, contrôler leurs terres et de décider eux-mêmes de leur avenir. Objectifs Assurer la reconnaissance des droits et des intérêts […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Climate change, Land rights,
FPP was founded in 1990 in response to the forest crisis, specifically to support indigenous forest peoples’ struggles to defend their lands and livelihoods. Forest Peoples Programme has grown into a respected and successful organisation that now operates right around the tropical forest belt where it serves to bridge the gap between policy makers and […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Climate change, Land rights,
With a network of 152 member organizations in 54 countries, ILC works to secure and protect the land rights of individuals, especially women and indigenous peoples. ILC not only features good practices occurring around the world, but they also offer leadership, educational, and networking opportunities. Every two years, ILC hosts the Global Land Forum, which […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Discrimination, Land rights,
The Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet) is an international information-sharing network of organizations and individuals working to promote the right of access to information. FOIAnet runs a discussion list for news and debate on the right of access to information; there are currently over 700 individuals on this list, including civil society representatives, lawyers, […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
The Guide, compiled by UNDP (the United Nations’ global development network), offers a snapshot of more than 300 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on democratic governance at the global and regional levels. It provides information on CSOs across UNDP’s seven priority democratic governance areas or Service Lines 3. These are: Policy Support to Democratic Governance […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
(USAID-SAFE Programme), a five-year development program (2012 – 2017), aims to strengthen the Government of Uganda’s (GoU) capacity with respect to peace building and conflict mitigation. The SAFE Program supports a core set of activities in two component areas: “Access to Justice” and “Peace and Reconciliation“. Grants are awarded under both of these components to […]
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Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
Directory of Organisational Profiles This resource features organisations in Uganda that are currently known to provide legal advice and assistance in both criminal and civil cases by advocates, non-lawyers (i.e. bar training course students under the supervision of an advocate, and law graduates awaiting enrolment), law clinic students, paralegals, as well as community volunteers.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
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