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Feb 25, 20223 min read

DS Calls for a new World Restitution Agency – It’s About Time!

In a world where every culture, every legal system, every religion, every set of moral principles views stealing as wrong, a crime and...

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Sep 30, 20213 min read

Do We Need a New World Restitution Agency? Send Us Your Ideas

To everyone who is a parent and to those who are yet to become or may never become parents, what is one of the first things that parents...

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Aug 29, 20212 min read

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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Jul 27, 20211 min read

Longstanding DS associate, Prof. Daniel Fitzpatrick’s new book – Law, Property and Disasters :

Longstanding DS associate, Prof. Daniel Fitzpatrick of Monash Law School in Melbourne, Australia, has published a new book – Law,...

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Aug 18, 20200 min read

DS Designs World’s First HLP Restitution SmartPhone App

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Oct 21, 20194 min read

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...

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Apr 16, 20194 min read

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...

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Apr 16, 20192 min read

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...

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Apr 10, 20191 min read

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...

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Feb 25, 20191 min read

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...

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Jan 10, 20191 min read

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...

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Dec 2, 20181 min read

DS wraps up research mission to Nepal to study the response to the tragic 2015 earthquakes

A three-person DS team has just completed a research mission to Nepal to examine the legal and policy responses to the 2015 earthquakes...

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Jun 14, 20181 min read

Australia’s Torres Strait Islands and Climate Displacement

A new DS report released today explores the effects of climate change and rising sea levels on one of Australia most vulnerable...

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Feb 8, 20181 min read

NEW! – HLP Rights in Peace Agreements – Guidance for Peace Negotiators in Myanmar

This publication explores how housing, land and property rights issues have been addressed in peace agreements concluded over the past...

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Oct 14, 20170 min read

DS & NRC Report – Restitution in Myanmar: Building Lasting Peace, National Reconciliation

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Oct 14, 20170 min read

Introductory Guide to Restitution in Myanmar – English version

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Oct 14, 20170 min read

DS & NRC publication on the Pinheiro Principles in Myanmar – Karen version

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Oct 14, 20170 min read

DS & NRC publication on the Pinheiro Principles in Myanmar – Burmese/Myanmar version

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Oct 14, 20170 min read

Introductory Guide to Restitution in Myanmar – Karen version

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Mar 30, 20172 min read

Major New DS/NRC Report on Myanmar’s Next Challenge: Making Restitution a Reality and a Part o

Based on the extensive global restitution experiences of both organisations, the report takes the view that redressing housing, land and...

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