Locally managed irrigation systems: essential tasks and implications for assistance, management transfer and turnover programs
This monograph examines the construction, operation and maintenance tasks that shape the nature of locally managed irrigation systems.
Ordinance relating to the Building Law.
The present Ordinance enforces the Building Law of 12 June 1994. Article 1 establishes that the competent Department shall prepare the cantonal structural plan in cooperation with the cantonal offices. The Department shall ensure the participation of municipalities and shall consult federal authorities and neighbouring cantons. Other interested parties shall also be heard.
Forced Relocation in Kyauk Kyi Township
Nyaunglebin District. Feb 93. Karen men, women: Forced relocation to undrained land; Only Karen villages made to move; SLORC's control of rice to control the population; forced labour (incl. portering). Description of the difficult economic conditions. Extortion; ransoming; looting. Translation of an official SLORC Relocation Order; economic oppression..."
Land disputes in Uganda
An overview of the types of land disputes and the dispute settlement fora.
SLORC Activities in Ler Ba Ko Village
Testimony by a refugee from central Karenni (Kayah) State and List of Villages Relocated in March 1992."
Law No. 030 creating the Institute of Land and Colonization of Roraima (ITERAIMA).
This Law, consisting of 31 articles divided into five Chapters, creates the Institute of Land and Colonization of Roraima (ITERAIMA) as an entity linked to the State Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply. ITERAIMA aims to the standardization of State public urban and rural lands.
State of the World's Refugees 1993: The Challenge of Protection
By 1993, 18.2 million men, women, and children across the world had left their homelands to escape persecution and violence. An average of 10,000 refugees a day were forced to flee the year before, as new upheavals forced out new victims. At least another 24 million were displaced within their own countries.
The Current Situation in Mudraw Papun District
The current SLORC Offensive and Displaced People
"From July 92. Karen men, women, children: Air-raids on civilian villages (20 civilians killed); precarious economic life of people hiding in jungle; children die of malnutrition; Saw Hta offensive; list of villages and numbers of the people displaced; economic oppression..."
Area: Tee Moo Khee Area, Kaw Lu Der Area, Saw Hta
Ley Nº 1.833 - Crea la Comisión Legal para la Protección de los Derechos de las Comunidades Negras o Población Afrocolombiana del Congreso de la República de Colombia.
La presente Ley modifica y adiciona la Ley Nº 5 de 1992 que expide el Reglamento del Congreso, el Senado y la Cámara de Representantes de Colombia, tiene por objeto crear la Comisión Legal para la Protección de los Derechos de las Comunidades Negras o Población Afrocolombiana, con el fin de asegurar la protección de los derechos colectivos e individuales en el mejoramiento de sus condiciones y
Statements by Karenni Refugees
Statement by Karenni refugees fleeing a SLORC ultimatum to all villagers in a large part of the State where the Karenni opposition is strong to leave their villages or die. Their statements describe some of the SLORC army’s activities in civilian villages of western Karenni...
Land Policy and the Evolving Forms of Land Tenure in Masindi District, Uganda
This paper examines the evolution and the nature of the current forms of land tenure in Masindi District and the extent to which these forms impair or facilitate positive socio-economic changes.