Model Constitutional Article on the Right to Adequate Housing
Less than half of the world’s national Constitutions enshrine the legal right to adequate housing, despite the widespread recognition of...
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- Feb 20, 2020
- 1 min
Read this book!!!
Congratulations to long-time DS associate Dr. Khaled Hassine on his new book Handling Climate Displacement! Recently published by...
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
Land Grabbing as an Internationally Wrongful Act – NEW DS Report on Ending Land Grabbing in My
DS has just published a major 184-page legal report on the land grabbing in Myanmar and how these processes constitute internationally...
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
Climate Land Bank Idea Gets Major Boost in New ADB Report
A new report on Promoting Affordable Housing in Yangon, Myanmar published by the Asian Development Bank has, among other recommendations,...
- Apr 16, 2019
- 4 min
New DS & NRC Report on Obstacles to HLP Rights in Northern Mon State
Decades of military rule have exacerbated the structural inequalities experienced by Mon, Kayin and other ethnicities in their...
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
Customary Land Dispute Mechanisms in Myanmar – New Report by DS & NRC
This report provides an in-depth understanding of customary land dispute resolution in Kayin State, Eastern Bago Region and Shan State...
- Apr 10, 2019
- 1 min
DS Comments on Post-Earthquake HLP Policy in Nepal
Displacement Solutions was approached and commissioned by DFID to carry out research on the housing, land and property rights issues...
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
The People of Myanmar Need National Agreement on Restitution
A new 76-page report prepared by DS Director Scott Leckie with the collaboration of Jose Arraiza of NRC, with the support of the Joint...
- Jan 10, 2019
- 1 min
NEW DS & NRC Report on Resolving HLP Rights Disputes in Myanmar
With support from MyJustice, the European Union and the British Council, DS and NRC have released their latest report designed to...
- Nov 4, 2018
- 1 min
The Guardian reports on climate displacement in Myanmar
Have a look at Libby Hogan’s article ‘We feel like hermit crabs’: Myanmar’s climate dispossessed, published on 1 November 2018 in The...
- Jul 10, 2018
- 1 min
OpenGlobalRights covers Myanmar Climate Land Bank report
OpenGlobalRights has published a recent article on the DS Myanmar Climate Land Bank report of May 2018. You can access the article...
- May 3, 2017
- 2 min
New DS Photo Essay on Climate Displacement in Lau Lagoon, Solomon Islands
From 2016-2020 Displacement Solutions is implementing its Climate Displacement Land Initiative (CDLI) in five frontline countries...
- Dec 6, 2016
- 4 min
Updates on Climate Displacement in Gunayala, Panama
In September 2016, Displacement Solutions carried out its fourth field research and advocacy mission to the Gunayala region in Panama....
- Oct 6, 2016
- 1 min
DS Documents Climate Displacement in Lau Lagoon, Solomon Islands
DS has just completed a two-week field mission to yet another climate displacement hotspot, Lau Lagoon on Malaita Island in the Solomon...
- Aug 25, 2016
- 1 min
Major UN Boost for the Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States
A report just issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council gives extensive and positive coverage to the Peninsula Principles on...
- Aug 25, 2016
- 1 min
Using Planning Law to Prevent Climate Displacement – New DS Publication
Based on our extensive experience working in more than 20 climate-affected countries, DS believes that in order to effectively address...
- Mar 8, 2016
- 1 min
Support to Bangladeshi Lawyers to Protect the Rights of Climate Displaced Persons
On 30 December 2015, The Chittagong Bar Association formally launched the “Lawyers Initiative for Displacement Solutions” (LIDS) with the...
- Dec 20, 2015
- 1 min
Now Available – Bengali Version – Guidance Note on Land Solutions to Climate Displaceme
A Bengali version of the Guidance Note on New Land for Climate Displaced Persons in Bangladesh is now available. This Guidance Note...
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