Can land administration in post-conflict environment facilitate the post-conflict state building? : a research problem
Todorovski, Dimo, Jaap Zevenbergen & Paul van der Molen
There is a very specific correlation between land and conflict; they meet each other on every point of the cycle of the armed conflict and in the post-conflict period. Although land was identified as a critical gap in international response capacities and the awareness about the vital importance of addressing the housing land and property issues within the context of postconflict peace building has increased, experiences show that there are only a few cases where land issues were addressed in the post-conflict period, and humanitarian organizations in this period mainly focus on internally displaced persons and refugeees related issues, and restitution of the situation as it was before the conflict. There is an identified need to ensure that land issues are put on the agenda of the international community and that they are tackled in the peace treaty document or national land policies of the states emerging from conflict. As the goal of a land administration process is to support the implementation of land policy using the aspects of land managementt, land administration is the appropriate instrument for implementing land related parts of the peace treaty document or national land policies of post-conflict states.
Event: FIG Working Week 2012 : Territory, environment, and cultural heritage
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