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Alternate Dispute Resolution Tool
Publication Year: 2013 / Sources: Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)We have different mechanisms, such as negotiation, mediation or conciliation, to solve the disputes or conflicts outside the court system. This fits with the culture of Cambodian people countrywide, both in rural and urban areas, since they have used these mechanisms for centuries. However, they do not have any formalized tools or documents for solving conflicts in the future. Currently we find very few documents related to Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR).
The Exclusion Of Urban Poor Communities From Systematic Land Registration In Phnom Penh
Publication Year: 2015 / Sources: The NGO Forum on CambodiaFor many Cambodians without a formal title to the property where they may have settled years ago, security of tenure remains a great concern. In 2001, a new Land Law was passed and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has been working to rebuild the formal framework of land ownership and develop land administration infrastructure.
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A Human Rights Approach to Development of Cambodia’s Land Sector
Publication Year: 2012 / Sources: Bridges Across Borders Cambodia / Equitable Cambodia and Heinrich Böll Sti!ung CambodiaDespite the tens of millions of dollars in aid and concessional loans being spent in Cambodia with the ostensible aim of securing land tenure and making the management of land and natural resources more equitable and sustainable, the evidence shows that tenure insecurity, forced evictions and large-scale land grabbing are escalating to alarming
levels. Against this backdrop this discussion paper proposes a better approach to development interventions in the land sector.
Policy for the Poor? Phnom Penh, Tenure Security & Circular 03
Publication Year: 2013 / Sources: The Urban InitiativePhnom Penh’s urban poor are under threat. Over the past two decades, 11% of the city’s current population has been displaced, often forcibly evicted, to poorer futures. A key government argument – when such arguments have been provided – has been that many of those affected have been illegal squatters, living on state public land. Habitually, however, there is no assessment of whether or not the occupants have rights to the land as legal possessors.
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The Phnom Penh Rental Survey: A Study on Poor Rental Housing in Phnom Penh
Publication Year: 2014 / Sources: Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)In the current development and economic climate of Cambodia, urbanization plays a major role. The promise of employment, savings, and a secure future has driven rates of urbanization to be amongst the highest in the South-East Asia region.The speed of growth in Phnom Penh has brought increased urban poverty, as scarcity of land and appropriate housing and urban infrastructure pushes residents into precarious housing situations.
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