DS has just published a major 184-page legal report on the land grabbing in Myanmar and how these processes constitute internationally wrongful acts. The report includes a 21-step legal roadmap to...
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Addressing Myanmar's Unsettled Restitution Gap
Giving Myanmar's displaced their land back The Norwegian Refugee Council and Displacement Solutions have produced the report "Addressing Myanmar's Unsettled Restitution Gap" to advocate and help find...
A Housing, Land and Property (HLP) Rights-Based Analysis of Customary land Dispute Resolution in Eastern Bago Region and Kayin and Shan States
Learning from the Traditional Ways to Solve Land Disputes in Myanmar In Myanmar, we're learning more about how village leaders solve land disputes in the traditional way to help inform policy makers...
Building Agreement on Restitution Rights within the Myanmar Peace Process and National Legal Framework - A Manual for Practitioners
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This manual outlines proposals for the insertion of housing, land and property restitution rights simultaneously within the context of the ongoing peace process and within broader...
Ten Years of DS Efforts on Housing, Land and Property Rights in Myanmar – An Overview
Over the past decade, Displacement Solutions has undertaken extensive research aimed at shedding light on the numerous housing, land and property (HLP) rights issues facing the people of Myanmar...
The urgent need to prepare for climate displacement in Myanmar: Establishing a Myanmar national climate land bank, May 2018
NEW DS & Ecodev Report Urges Government of Myanmar to Establish a Myanmar National Climate Land Bank A new report released today by Displacement Solutions and Yangon-based Ecodev urges the government...
Housing, land and property rights and peace agreements: Guidance for the Myanmar peace process (February 2018)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Any successful outcome to the peace process in Myanmar will invariably need to address the wide range of housing, land and property (HLP) rights issues that are central components...
Restitution in Myanmar: Building Lasting Peace, National Reconciliation and Economic Prosperity Through a Comprehensive Housing, Land and Property Restitution Programme
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The question of housing, land and property (HLP) restitution has received increased attention over the past several years throughout Myanmar as the country continues to consolidate...
An introductory guide to understanding and claiming housing, land and property restitution rights in Myanmar: Questions and answers (March 2017)
INTRODUCTION Restitution means the process of returning to one’s home after displacement and achieving the recovery of one’s land. The process of housing, land and property restitution is truly...
A framework for resolving displacement in Myanmar: The United Nations ‘Pinheiro Principles’ on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons (March 2017)
The Principles on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons articulated herein are designed to assist all relevant actors, national and international, in addressing the...
DS intensively exploring HLP restitution prospects in Myanmar
DS carried out its latest mission to Myanmar with a focus this time on the question of housing, land and property restitution rights and how best to ensure these rights for everyone with an HLP loss...
Land Acquisition Law and Practice in Myanmar: Overview, Gap Analysis with IFC PS1 & PS5 and Scope of Due Diligence Recommendations (May 2015)
DS has just completed a 70-page legal study examining Land Acquisition and Practice in Myanmar. This in-depth survey is based on DS’s many years working on land issues in the country, and it minutely...