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Law, economies and justice

A collaborative programme of work on renegotiating the law to promote fairer, more sustainable economies

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What works for women’s land rights?

A series of insights looking at ways to strengthen women’s access to and control over land in Africa

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Sign in a field pointing to a cobalt mine in the DRC

Critical minerals, international policy and a just energy transition

Event on 29 January 2025

A digger in a mining quarry digs earth and transfers it to a lorry just behind it.

Supporting communities to tackle the environmental impacts of mining in Zambia

Impact story, 18 October 2024

Local community in Guinea attending to field.

Recognising and protecting family farming in Guinea: a successful advocacy journey

Insight, 09 September 2024

Woman pastoralist herding cattle in Marsabit, rural Kenya

How are civil society and impacted communities working to change the governance of land-based investments?

Insight, 22 July 2024

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Aligning investment with climate action: a conversation

Event on 26 June 2024

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UNCITRAL Working Group III: Prioritization of the Draft Provisions on Procedural and Cross-Cutting Issues

Publication, 23 May 2024

The words' World Bank Land Conference' in bold, stark lettering, over a pretty landscape.

IIED and ALIGN at the World Bank Land Conference

Event on 13 May 2024

Drawing of a billboard advertising an RRM hotline. It includes a picture of a smiling woman.

Rapid response mechanisms: proactive legal support for communities

Insight, 10 May 2024

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Traditional authorities need a clearer role in land governance

Insight, 29 April 2024

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Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

Active Project

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UNCITRAL Working Group III: Contribution on the ‘right to regulate’ provision

Publication, 22 January 2024

Seeing Santurbán through ISDS: a sociolegal case study of Eco Oro v. Colombia

Publication, 13 February 2024

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Palm oil trade between Indonesia and Europe: promoting corporate accountability

Archived Project

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Sowing the seeds for a just transition

Article, 05 May 2023

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Civil society organisations are key to creating better land policies: lessons from Zambia

Insight, 05 April 2023

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Civil society improvements to land tenure governance in Guinea

Active Project

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Using dialogue to address land-related conflicts

Publication, 30 January 2023

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Strengthening Indigenous land rights in Cameroon

Publication, 30 January 2023

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Mining and Community Development Agreements: a panacea for community justice in Uganda?

Insight, 29 November 2022

Wildlige graze in the foreground of a rural scene with a road and trees and mountains in the background.

Special Economic Zones: global trends and issues in Senegal and Madagascar

Event on 21 September 2022

A woman picks beans. She carries a basket with aubergines with her head.

Inclusive dialogue gets priorities of Nepal’s rural producers recognised in local law

Insight, 25 July 2022

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Supporting small-scale farmer agency in commercial agriculture: Collective learning on the role of socio-legal empowerment from an international action-research project

Publication, 31 August 2022

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Interview: Championing public participation in Kenya’s trade negotiations

Article, 29 June 2022

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Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?

Insight, 24 June 2022

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