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Record Nr.

UNINA9910767580503321

Autore

Leckie Scott

Titolo

Before a Democracy Died : Housing, Land and Property Rights in Myanmar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

981-9970-54-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

María ArraizaJosé

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Land Matters Most -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 A Window of Hope for Housing, Land and Property Rights (2011-2021) -- 2 Key HLP Challenges as the Democratic Window Opens -- A Brief Historical Overview of the HLP Legal Framework of Myanmar -- Independence Onwards -- The Socialist Military Regime: 1962-1988 -- The State Law and Order Restoration Council: 1988-1997 -- The State Peace and Development Council: 1997-2011 -- 3 First Things First: Early Attention to HLP Rights by the Regime of President Thein Sein (USDP) -- Key HLP Challenges Faced by the People in Transitional Myanmar in 2012 -- New HLP Legislation After March 2012 -- Inadequacies of the New HLP Legislation -- The 2008 Constitution Provided a Limited Basis for Strengthening HLP Rights -- The NLD Government Effort to Advance HLP Rights -- Concrete Recommendations for Improving HLP Rights in Myanmar in 2012 -- 4 The Panglong II Peace Process (2016-2021) and HLP Rights -- Previous Advocacy Efforts on Restitution and the Peace Process -- 5 Reforming Land Acquisition Laws -- Land Acquisition and the Law -- 6 The National Land Use Policy (2016) -- 7 Efforts Towards Achieving HLP Restitution (2011-2021) -- Restitution in the 2015 Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement -- Restitution References in the Panglong II Process (2016-2021) -- Restitution in the 2015 KNU Land Policy -- Agreement on Return of Displaced Persons from Rakhine State Between the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar --



Attempts at Creating Specialised Restitution Bodies (2016-2021) -- Obstacles to Restitution During the Attempted Transition (2011-2021) -- 8 The HLP Window Slams Shut: The 2021 Military Coup and the End of HLP Reforms -- HLP Rights as a Primary Target of the Junta After the Coup.

9 Preparing the Ground for a Return to a Democratic Myanmar: A 19-Point Plan to Build a Better HLP Future for the People of Myanmar -- Annex 1-Draft Agreement on Housing, Land and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons and the Establishment of The Republic of the Union of Myanmar National Restitution Commission (2019) -- Article I-Right to Return to Homes, Lands and Properties of Origin -- Article II-Right to Present a Restitution Claim -- Article III-Claim Cut-Off Date -- Article IV-Establishment of a The Republic of the Union of Myanmar National Restitution Commission -- Article V-Composition of a The Republic of the Union of Myanmar National Restitution Commission -- Article VI-Facilities, Staff and Expenses -- Article VII-Mandate -- Article VIII-Proceedings before the Commission -- Article IX-Legal Basis and Outcome of Decisions -- Article X-Pre-eminence of Commission Decisions -- Article XI-Enforcement of Commission Decisions -- Article XII-Registry of Commission Decisions -- Article XIII-Facilitating Return -- Article XIV-Interim Measures -- Article XV-Implementation -- Annex 2-The National Land Use Policy (January 2016) -- Foreword -- The National Land Use Policy -- Introduction -- Part (I) Objectives and Principles -- Chapter (I) Objectives -- Chapter (II) Guiding Principles -- Chapter (III) Basic Principles -- Part (II) Land Use Administration -- Chapter (I) Formation of the National Land Use Council -- Chapter (II) Determination of Land Types and Land Classifications -- Chapter (III) Land Information Management -- Part (III) Planning and Changing Land Use -- Chapter (I) Planning and Drawing Land Use Map -- Chapter (II) Zoning and Changing Land Use -- Chapter (III) Changing Land Use by Individual Application -- Part (IV) -- Grants and Leases of Land at the Disposal of Government -- Part (V).

Procedures Related to Land Acquisition, Relocation, Compensation, Rehabilitation and Restitution -- Part (VI) Land Dispute Resolution and Appeal Chapter (I) -- Land Disputes Resolution -- Chapter (II) Appeal -- Part (VII) -- Assessment and Collection of Land Tax, Land Transfer Fee and Stamp Duties -- Part (VIII) -- Land Use Rights of the Ethnic Nationalities -- Part (IX) -- Equal Rights of Men and Women -- Part (X) -- Harmonisation of Laws and Enacting New Law -- Part (XI) Monitoring and Evaluation -- Part (XII) Research and Development -- Part (XIII) -- Miscellaneous -- Selected Sources -- Index.