Identifying and Monitoring Human Rights Violations Associated with Large-Scale Land Acquisitions.

This chapter aims to contribute to the debate on contemporary ‘land grabbing’ and its impact on human rights. It describes the role played by United Nations (UN) human rights mechanisms in monitoring violations associated with large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs), with a focus on UN treaty bodies....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christophe Golay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement 2015-10-01
Series:Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/2050