Addressing the Human Rights Impacts of 'Land Grabbing'
This Study discusses the human rights issues raised by large-scale land deals for plantation agriculture (‘land grabbing’) in low and middle-income countries. Firstly, the Study takes stock of available data on large land deals, their features and their driving forces. It finds that ‘land grabbing’ is a serious issue requiring urgent attention. Secondly, the Study conceptualises the link between land deals and human rights, reviews relevant international human rights law and discusses evidence on actual and potential human rights impacts. It finds that important human rights dimensions are at stake, and that compressions of human rights have been documented in some contexts. Thirdly, the Study identifies the areas of EU policy that are most directly relevant to addressing the human rights impacts of ‘land grabbing’, and in so doing it also briefly discusses developments in home and host countries as well as internationally. Fourthly, the Study proposes courses of action by which the EU, and the European Parliament in particular, can further prevent or remedy human rights violations linked to large-scale land deals.
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COTULA Lorenzo
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Ámbito político
Palabra clave
- adquisición de la propiedad
- AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCA
- ayuda al desarrollo
- ayuda de la UE
- biocarburante
- DERECHO
- Derecho civil
- derechos humanos
- derechos y libertades
- desarrollo sostenible
- ECONOMÍA
- empresa privada
- EMPRESA Y COMPETENCIA
- ENERGÍA
- explotación agrícola de la tierra
- financiación de la UE
- finanzas de la Unión Europea
- gobierno de empresa
- INTERCAMBIOS ECONÓMICOS Y COMERCIALES
- organización de la empresa
- país en desarrollo
- política agraria
- política comercial
- política comercial común
- política de cooperación
- política económica
- política energética
- política sobre la propiedad agraria
- propiedad rústica
- RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
- sistema de explotación agraria
- situación económica
- tipos de empresa
- UNIÓN EUROPEA
- utilización de las tierras