Maraga Launches Alternative Justice System to Reduce Case Backlog NAIROBI—Chief Justice David Maraga has launched the Alternative Justice System (AJS) Policy which is aimed at enhancing access to justice and supporting expeditious delivery of justice to
Published : 28 August 2020An 88-year-old woman has been threatened with the culturally taboo removal of her family’s ancestral graves after being evicted from the farm she worked on for decades. ight decades of hard labour on a white-owned commercial
Published : 25 August 2020Al-Haq International Law School Program, 12–22 October 2020 The Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law is pleased to announce its Sixth International Law Summer School Program for professionals, legal researchers, post-graduates and academics in the fields
Published : 24 August 2020Indonesian farmers walk 1,800-km to protest against evictions Harry Jacques, Reuters More than 100 Indonesian farmers gathered outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on Monday, having walked about 1,800 km (1,118 miles) from the
Published : 24 August 2020Sandi Bachom, 75, never expected to be evicted. She once earned a six-figure salary at a New York City advertising firm and lived a comfortable life. But after getting divorced, losing her job and getting
Published : 21 August 2020Evicted Indonesian families vow to stay put Dozens of people in Catholic-majority province left homeless as land dispute turns violent Defiant members of an indigenous community in Indonesia have vowed to stay put after security
Published : 18 August 2020BEIRUT--Houthi forces in April 2020 forcibly expelled thousands of Ethiopian migrants from northern Yemen using Covid-19 as a pretext, killing dozens and forcing them to the Saudi border, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi border
Published : 13 August 2020India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population Over the past decade, Umeshwar Singh Amra has witnessed his
Published : 08 August 2020HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN) welcomes you to its 20th issue of Land Times. This milestone edition emphasizes the role of civil society in identifying and remedying housing and land rights problems in
Published : 08 August 2020