Record Item Year: 2020
Road to Securing Community Lands in Kenya
Group Ranches and the Community Land Act: Will We Correct Mistakes of the Past or Repeat Them?
By Kat Oak
Expansion of the General Budget of State Income and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2020 (Decree No. 20-2020)
By Kat Oak
Law Establishing the National Land Cadaster (Law No. 52-2020) [National Land Register]
By Kat Oak
Republic of Congo Forestry Code (Law No. 33-2020)
By Kat Oak
Land Act (Act 1036)
By Kat Oak
CONTINUE READING Land Act (Act 1036) 1 min read
Law Establishing Rules on Protection, Promotion and Development of the Indigenous, and Creating the National Indigenous Development Corporation (Law No. 19253) [mod. 2020]
By Kat Oak
Laos Civil Code
By Kat Oak
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) assisted in establishing Laos’ first ever civil code. It was enforced May 27, 2020. The document is an unofficial translation in English.
CONTINUE READING Laos Civil Code 1 min read
Methods for Measuring Women’s Empowerment
By Kat Oak
Impacts of Resettlement on Women’s Land Tenure Security
By Kat Oak
This paper seeks to assess the effectiveness of the existing legal framework to protect women’s land rights in the face of hydro power-driven resettlement in Laos PDR. Specifically, it seeks to answer the research question, “In Laos, how effective are the resettlement, land laws and policies and related safeguards at ensuring gender-equitable results?”