"The environment and natural resources are crucial in consolidating peace within and between war-torn societies... Protecting the environment can help countries create employment opportunities, promote development and avoid a relapse into armed conflict."
-United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

 

Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Edited by Jon Unruh and Rhodri Williams

Foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University

Land: A foundation for peacebuilding

Jon Unruh and Rhodi Williams

PART 1: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

Introduction

 

Land Tenure and Peace Negotiations in Mindanao, Philippines

Yuri Oki, University of Tokyo (Japan)

Customary Law and Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Timor-Leste*

Naori Miyazawa, United Nations Office for Project Services (Japan)

The Abyei territorial dispute between North and South Sudan: Why has its resolution proven difficult?

Salman M. A. Salman, World Bank (Sudan)

Snow Leopards and Cadastres: Rare Sightings in Post-Conflict Afghanistan

Douglas E. Batson, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (USA)

Community Documentation of Land Tenure and its Contribution to State-Building in Afghanistan

J. David Stanfield, Terra Institute (USA)
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
M. Yasin Safar, Terra Institute (Afghanistan)
Akram Salam, Cooperation for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (Afghanistan)

Rebuilding Peace: Land and Water Management in the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq

Nesreen Barwari, Former Minister of Municipalities & Public Works (Iraq)

Title wave: Land Tenure and Peacebuilding in Aceh

Arthur Green, McGill University (Canada)

Beyond Land Redistribution: Lessons Learned from El Salvador's Unfulfilled Agrarian Revolution

Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque, McGill University (Canada)

Transboundary Resource Management Strategies in the Pamir Mountain Region of Tajikistan

Ian D. Hannam, University of New England (Australia)

PART 2: LAWS AND POLICIES

Introduction

 

Return of land in post-conflict Rwanda: International standards, improvisation, and the role of international humanitarian organizations

John W. Bruce, Land and Development Solutions International (USA)

Angola: Land Resources and Conflict

Allan Cain, Development Workshop (Canada)

Refugees and Legal Reform in Iraq: The Iraqi Civil Code, International Standards for the Treatment of Displaced Persons, and the Art of Attainable Solutions

Dan E. Stigall, U.S. Army Judge Advocate (USA)

Title through Possession or Position? Respect for Housing, Land, and Property Rights in Cambodia

Rhodri C. Williams, Independent Consultant (USA)

Land Conflicts and the Land Registration System of Cambodia

Manami Sekiguchi, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Naomi Hatsukano, Japan External Trade Organization (Japan)

Legal Framework and Land Issues in Muslim Mindanao

Paula Defensor Knack, The Philippine Embassy, The Hague (Philippines)

Post-Conflict Land Tenure Issues in Bosnia: Privatization and the Politics of Reintegrating the Displaced

Rhodri C. Williams, Independent Consultant (USA)

Unexplored dimensions : Islamic land systems in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iraq, and Somalia

Siraj Sait, University of East London (UK)

Customary law and community-based natural resource management in post-conflict Timor-Leste

Naori Miyazawa, United Nations Office for Project Services (Japan)

PART 3: POST-CONFLICT RETURN AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Introduction

 

Institutional Aspects of Resolving Land Disputes in Post-Conflict Societies: Some Reflections

Peter Van der Auweraert, International Organization for Migration (Belgium)

The Role of Restitution in Post-Conflict Settings

Barbara McCallin, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (France)

Land Issues in Post-Conflict Return and Recovery

Samir Elhawary, Overseas Development Institute (UK)
Sara Pantuliano, Overseas Development Institute (UK)

Rebuilding peace: Land and water management in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq

Nesreen Barwari, Former Minister of Municipalities and Public Works (Iraq)

PART 4: LESSONS LEARNED

Lessons Learned in Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management in Post-Conflict Societies

Jon Unruh, McGill University (USA/Canada)
Rhodri C. Williams, Åland Islands Peace Institute (USA)

 

*denotes contributions supported by the Center for Global Partnership (CGP) of the Japan Foundation. See http://www.eli.org/Program_Areas/SPCSD/index.cfm.