The Minimum Human Rights Principles Applicable to Large-Scale Land Acquisitions or Leases

[en] In June 2009, Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, put forward a set of 11 principles to address 'the human rights challenge' of largescale acquisitions and leases of land. This article briefly outlines the main elements of the Minimum Principles, their objective, as well as the context in which they were released. It also presents a critical analysis of their impact, based on the controversies that they sparked among various stakeholders. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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European & international law

Author, co-author :

Claeys, Priscilla; University of Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

Vanloqueren, Gaetan ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège Research > HEC Liège Research: Social Enterprise and Collective Action for Transition (SECAT) ; University of Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

Language :

English

Title :

The Minimum Human Rights Principles Applicable to Large-Scale Land Acquisitions or Leases

Publication date :

2013

Journal title :

Globalizations

ISSN :

1474-7731

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Taylor & Francis, United States

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Pages :

193 - 198

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