This chapter introduces the third part of the volume, which deals with the conundrum of the regulation of investments in land and agriculture and how this relates to the protection of human rights. The chapter begins with a definition of land grabbing and an overview of the regulatory branches that overlap in the field of agricultural investment. It then presents the most recent soft law and jurisprudential development in the protection of the land rights of indigenous peoples and other rural communities.

Land Governance, Investment Law, Agriculture, and the Rights of Local Populations / A. Bessa, M. Brunori (LEGAL ISSUES IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES). - In: Agricultural Law : Current Issues from a Global Perspective / [a cura di] M. Alabrese, M. Brunori, S. Rolandi, A. Saba. - Prima edizione. - Heidelberg : Springer International Publisher, 2017. - ISBN 9783319647555. - pp. 247-253 [10.1007/978-3-319-64756-2_12]

Land Governance, Investment Law, Agriculture, and the Rights of Local Populations

M. Brunori
Co-primo
2017

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This chapter introduces the third part of the volume, which deals with the conundrum of the regulation of investments in land and agriculture and how this relates to the protection of human rights. The chapter begins with a definition of land grabbing and an overview of the regulatory branches that overlap in the field of agricultural investment. It then presents the most recent soft law and jurisprudential development in the protection of the land rights of indigenous peoples and other rural communities.
Agricultural investment; Human rights; Indigenous peoples; Land grabbing; Land rights; Soft law
Settore IUS/13 - Diritto Internazionale
Settore IUS/03 - Diritto Agrario
2017
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