On Dangerous Ground: Global Witness Report, 20 June 2016: 2015 Worst year ever for killings of land and environment defenders. Global Witness documented 185 killings across 16 countries, a 59% increase since 2014 and the highest annual toll on record. On average, more than three people were killed every week in 2015 – more than double […]
Content type: News
Legal Topic: Land rights,
If your request for information is not handled appropriately, you may be able to challenge the decision. The most common available options are: an «internal» appeal an administrative appeal, to a more senior administrative body an appeal to an ombudsman or an information commissioner an appeal to a court Here is a brief outline of […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
Here are some practical tips on how to plan and submit an access to information request and how to deal with official refusals. Check first if the information you require is covered by your legal right to access that information.
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
Rights to access, review and correct information held by the state are fundamental human rights. For a long time, the right to information was seen as an extension or component of other, more established rights – for example, the right to freedom of expression. In recent years, however, freedom of information has increasingly been recognised […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
Legal action can defen threatened land rights of entire groups or communities. This page provides practical steps for taking legal action in land disputes.
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Land rights,
Securing Forests, Securing rights (2014): Report of the International Workshop on Deforestation and the Rights of Forest Peoples, Held in Palangka Raya, Indonesia, March 2014. Report available on website of Forest Peoples Programme.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Climate change, Land rights,
Tirana Declaration (2011): Securing land access for the poor in times of intensified natural resources competition. Declaration made at a conference of the National Federation of Communal Forests and Pastures of Albania (NFCFPA), Tirana, 24-26 May 2011.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Land rights,
This is a Kenya-specific toolbox for public interest litigators. It provides detailed conceptual and practical guidance on various options for public interest litigators to use the law and courts to develop on-going and future public and policy discourses in Kenya. This Handbook is unique for its focus on the unfolding governance realities in Kenya. It […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Constitutional rights, Corrupción, Land rights,
Abstract: In August 2011, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that he planned to give away part of Mabira rainforest to a sugar corporation to grow a sugarcane plantation and enhance sugar production in the country… This Note argues that the Ugandans opposed to the give-away of forest land to private companies can bring public interest […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
A useful and practical source of anti-corruption legislation. Provides a quick and practical breakdowns of key anti-corruption legislation and companion compliance guides. Provides introductions to legislation and links to full text for a range of countries, as well as international agreements. «Policies, training, due diligence, communication, and more. Together and automated». This online commercial source […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal research sources,
Legal Topic: Corrupción,
