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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Myanmar

    In October 2013, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) released
    "Disputed Territory", a report documenting the emerging trend of Mon farmers fighting
    for recognition of their land rights in the face of unjust land and property
    confiscations. The report analyzed specific barriers impeding their success, from weak
    land policy and inadequate dispute resolution mechanisms, to an absence of support
    from various sources.
    While "Disputed Territory" explored the broad spectrum of land right violations among

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2015
    Myanmar

    Table of Contents:
    PREAMBLE...
    CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY -
    Article 1.1 Basic Principle of Kawthoolei Land Policy...
    Article 1.2 Objectives....
    Article 1.3 Nature and scope...Definitions...
    CHAPTER 2: GENERAL POLICY MATTERS -
    Article 2.1 Basic principles...
    Article 2.2 Principles of implementation....
    Article 2.3 Rights and responsibilities...
    Article 2.4 Policy, legal and organizational frameworks related to
    land governance...
    CHAPTER 3: RECOGNITION AND ALLOCATION OF TENURE RIGHTS
    AND DUTIES:

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2015
    Myanmar

    Villagers in Karen areas of southeast Myanmar continue to face widespread land confiscation at the hands of a multiplicity of actors. Much of this can be attributed to the rapid expansion of domestic and international commercial interest and investment in southeast Myanmar since the January 2012 preliminary ceasefire between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Myanmar government. KHRG first documented this in a 2013 report entitled ‘Losing Ground’, which documented cases of land confiscation between January 2011 and November 2012.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2015
    Myanmar

    This Incident Report describes the confiscation of villagers’ land committed by Border Guard Force (BGF) Cantonment Area Commander Kya Aye, who oversees Battalion #1015 and Battalion #1016, and Cantonment Area Supervisor U Kyaw Hein on May 1st 2015. They then resold the land to the Steel Stone Group to be used for road construction and infrastructure development. The villagers reported the incident to the Karen National Union (KNU) requesting compensation for their land and calling for restrictions on the BGF commanders’ power.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2015
    Myanmar

    This Photo Set depicts road construction, including the Asian Highway, in Kyainseikgyi and Win Yay townships, Dooplaya District between November 2014 and January 2015. Villager testimony describes land confiscation and the destruction of houses, shops, and plantations in order to make way for the roads. Villagers also report a lack of compensation for the land and crops destroyed as a result of the road construction....

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2015
    Myanmar

    A briefer on the Thilawa special economic zone....."Twice the Myanmar Government attempted to confiscate residential and farm land for
    the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and twice they failed to properly follow Myanmar
    laws. In both the 1996/97 and 2013 attempts to confiscate lands, the government and
    private parties ignored the procedures and requirements of Myanmar law, including the
    Land Acquisition Act. The Myanmar Government failed to properly notify affected

  7. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2015
    Myanmar

    KEY RECOMMENDATIONS:-
    (1) TO MYANMAR LAWYERS:
    "a. Lawyers need to form strong networks and associations to support farmers, ethnic groups and community organizations...
    b. Lawyers need to develop new skills to participate in policy advocacy, including collecting data about current practices, and engage in a national debate about land rights...
    c. Lawyers working on land rights cases need to use all available tools to strengthen their case work (see annex 2 for a list of practical actions lawyers can take).....
    (2) TO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS:

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2016
    South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "In recent years, many governments globally have formally recognized community land and natural resource tenure, either based on existing customary practices or more recently established land governance arrangements.1 These tenure arrangements have been called by a variety of names, such as community, customary, communal, collective, indigenous, ancestral, or native land rights recognition. In essence, they seek to establish the rights of a group to obtain joint tenure security over their community’s land.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2015
    Myanmar

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
    "Myanmar’s agricultural sector has for long suffered due to multiplicity of laws and regulations, deficient and degraded infrastructure, poor policies and planning, a chronic lack of credit, and an absence of tenure security for cultivators. These woes negate Myanmar’s bountiful natural endowments and immense agricultural potential, pushing its rural populace towards dire poverty.

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