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Assessment of the Credit Opportunities for Indigenous Communities in Cambodia Holding a Collective Land Title
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
UNOHCHR in Cambodia
2018
To explore the reports that it might be more difficult for members of indigenous communities with collective title to access finance, OHCHR commissioned an in-depth review of th...
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Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia's Microfinance Sector
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights...
2019
More than 2 million Cambodians currently have a loan with a microfinance institution, or MFI. Levels of debt have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a number of human right...
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Formalizing inequality: Land titling in Cambodia
Cambodia
Issue and policy briefs
Bugalski, Natalie, Pred, David
2010
This paper highlights the failure of the Cambodia's land titling programme to protect the rights of vulnerable people living on sought-after land in the Heart of Phnom Penh, Boe...
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How land concessions affect places elsewhere: Telecoupling, political ecology, and large-scale plantations in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Baird,Ian G., Fox, Jefferson
2015
This study investigates the implications of large-scale land concessions in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia with regard to places outside of actual concession areas, bot...
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Village resettlement in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Paul Cunnington, SOGES
2011
A presentation of a consultant's findings regarding village resettlement in Laos, mostly due to hydropower dams. Includes analysis of the legal framework in Laos, drivers of res...
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Instructions for the implementation of the Presidential Decree on the lease rates and the state concessions of the state
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Prime Minister's Office
2009
Instructions for the implementation of the Presidential Decree on the lease rates and the state concessions of the state
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The Prime Minister's remarks on countertervention and suppression of illegal logging and trading of wood
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Prime Minister's Office
2011
The Prime Minister's remarks on countertervention and suppression of illegal logging and trading of wood
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Transparency Under Scrutiny: Information Disclosure by the Parliamentary Land Investigation Commission in Myanmar
Myanmar
Case studies
U San Thein, Khin Pyae Sone and Jean-Christophe Diepart
2017
This study presents a country-wide quantitative analysis of the Parliamentary Land Investigation Commission reports that were released to the public. The aim is not just to anal...
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Human security and land rights in Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Beban, Alice, Pou Sovachana
2014
The report of a project exploring human security and land rights in Cambodia. The project used a human security framework to address two questions: (1) What kind of insecurities...
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Securing Livelihoods and Land Tenure in Rural Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, UN-Habitat
2013
The Myanmar government introduced two new land laws in 2012 as part of an effort to liberalize land markets. This report analyzes the implementation of these laws using theory, ...
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Legal Review of Recently Enacted Farmland Law and Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law
Myanmar
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Robert B. Oberndorf
2012
A legal review of Myanmar's 'Farmland Law' and 'Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law', published by Food Security Working Group’s Land Core Group in November 2012
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Asia's agrarian reform in reverse: laws taking land out of small farmers' hands
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
2015
The April 2015 edition of Against the Grain -- a report by Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) on laws and mechanisms in Asia that result in land transfer from indepe...
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Land situation in Cambodia 2013
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ADHOC
2014
This report provides background on Cambodia's legal framework, as well as data on the granting of social land concessions, reclassification of land, the land titling program, an...
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Rights razed: forced evictions in Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Amnesty International
2008
This report published in 2008, shows how, contrary to Cambodia’s obligations under international human rights law, those affected by evictions have had no opportunity for genuin...
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2014 brings a new wave of Cambodian land conflicts
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
2014
A statement by LICADHO detailing the number of people affected by state-involved land conflicts in Cambodia, and providing recommendations to the Cambodian Government. The state...
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Renewed surge in land disputes must be addressed not denied
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
LICADHO
2015
This LICADHO press release expresses strong concern at the surge in land disputes documented by its offices in 2014, which resulted in a threefold increase in the number of fami...