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From investment treaties to human rights standards, we explore how to use the law to promote equity, sustainability and resource justice

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

Kevin Bakulumpagi
29 November 2022

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Overcoming obstacles to women's land tenure security in Guinea

Nentébou Barry
17 October 2022

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Law, economies and justice: a new programme

Lorenzo Cotula
04 October 2022

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Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

April 2021 - ongoing

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

Event on 21 September 2022

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Legal empowerment with a gender lens: how women tea farmers in Malawi are claiming their rights

Kumvana Mlumbe Mtukule
25 August 2022

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

Binod Gautam
25 July 2022

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

Nathaniah Jacobs and Daniel Behailu
24 June 2022

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21971iied.pdf

Investor-state dispute settlements: a hidden handbrake on climate action

21956g.pdf

Investment treaty law and climate change

21871iied.pdf

How the International Court of Justice can advance climate action

International Investment Law and Climate Change: reframing the ISDS reform agenda

21636iied.pdf

Climate change in impact assessments: towards an integrated approach

21396iied.pdf

Sowing the seeds for a just transition: how food and agriculture investments can support fairer contracting

21356iied.pdf

Using dialogue to address land-related conflicts

21051IIED.pdf

Supporting small-scale farmer agency in commercial agriculture

20841x.pdf

International investment agreements and climate action

20686g.pdf

Possible reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)

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US Supreme Court dims a light in corporate accountability

Blog, 01 May 2013

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Is the tide turning for Africa’s investment treaties?

Blog, 08 March 2013

Invest in farmers, not in farmland

Blog, 22 February 2012

Can international law break the deadlock in climate talks?

Blog, 06 December 2010

Farmers and scientists from Ethiopia and Peru demand indigenous approach to conservation

News, 01 October 2009

Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development

Article, 30 September 2008