LawTransform invites you to the screening of the documentary “Belo Monte: Announcement of a War” followed by a discussion moderated by Lara Côrtes. The Belo Monte Dam, located in the heart of the Amazon forest, is a hydroelectric dam currently under construction, which on completion will be the fourth largest in the world. According to […]
Can water rights bring water to the poor?
Time: 11:00-12:00 This session marks the launch of a new LawTransform research unit on “Natural Resources & Climate Lawfare”. Water is a vital, valuable and highly contested natural resource. In 2010 a UN resolution recognized the independent human right to water and sanitation. Has this new international Human Right strengthened marginalized peoples struggle to access […]
Time: 09:50-10:50 Land remains a main source of livelihood and wealth – and of social conflict and inequality. This is exacerbated as population pressures, development needs and climate change increase the competition for scarce resources, often threatening already marginalized groups depending on the land. Property rights to land and natural resources have been fiercely contested […]
India faces serious challenges in creating development processes that generate economic growth while being socially inclusive, ecologically sustainable, politically feasible, and in accordance with the Rule of Law. This conference presents findings from the LawTransform project on “Land Rights and Inclusive Sustainable Development in India”, which analyses the political economy of land rights in areas where the adivasis (indigenous population) has a special constitutional protection.