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Editor Hari Mohan has assembled a great issue including: - The Editor’s interview with Michael Cernea
- Susanna Price “15 years of Asian Development Bank Resettlement Policy”
- India’s New Land Acquisition and Resettlement Policy
- Beyond Compensation: Sharing profits with affected peoples
- And more!
Resettlement News Issue 23-24 |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 26 November 2011 )
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A large group of West Africa, Europe, and North American academics and social scientists, many of whom are students of population displacement, have signed onto an editorial written and circulated by a group of West African academics and social scientists. They argue that the former President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, is abusively clinging to power after having blatantly tried to falsifiy the recent elections. The point out that international bodies have confirmed that the opposition candidate, Alassane Ouattara, has defeated Gbagbo. Nonetheless, the Gbagbo and his military supporters prevent the access to power of the newly-elected President. The likelihood of renewed violent conflict, civil war, and bloodshed in Cote d'Ivoire is high and increasing, involving obvious risks of renewed massive uprooting and population displacement. |
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In celebration of its 10th Anneversary, INDR convened an Interational Resettlement Conference at The Hague 5-7 October 2010. Entitled Economics, Social Justice and Ethnics in Development-Caused Involuntary Migration, the conference brings together forced displacement specialists from throughout the world who will deliever over 50 valuable presentations. Conveners are two INDR Board members and supporters, Michael Cernea and Susanna Price. See the full program - very interesting. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 17 December 2010 )
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On behalf of INDR, Theodore (Ted) Downing helped prepared an overview of human rights issues to be considered in the revision of the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard on Involuntary Resettlement and Land Acquistion (PS5). INDR joined with the International Accountabiity Project (Jennifer Kalafut) and the Housing and Land Rights Network (Shivani Chaudhry) to prepare a brief on key Issues for Upholding Housing Land and Property Rights in the International Finance Corporation’s Review of Environmental and Social Policy Standards (Jan 2010). Their findings highlighted 1) minimizing displacement and ensuring that displaced persons are project beneficiaries, 2) inclusion of individuals and communities who lose their livelihoods because of polluted fisheries, diminished water supplies, air pollution and other project impacts who face the full gamut of potential human rights violations and risks associated with unmitigated displacement, 3) inclusion of full risk assessment and livelihood restoration measures, 4) ensurance that there are specific requirements for providing information and training about rights and processes options (including IFC policies and accountability mechanisms) by a third party prior to negotiations to help balance the bargaining power, and 5) strengthening of free, prior and informed consent in compliance with other international standards. |
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Download the January 2010 News PDF by clicking download file. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 April 2010 )
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