Land and property rights

Housing, land and property records and documentation

This land is my property.

So, second. Land is a kind of property it is property. It's protected by law.

In order to minimize destruction and looting, States should develop procedures to inventory the contents of claimed housing, land and property within the context of housing, land and property restitution programmes.

The average residential property without land costs 1,187 euro per sq metre and residential land 8.6 euro per sq metre.

The unresolved issue of claims for land property is also addressed.

and do not defraud people in their property or spread evil in the land .

Legal entities of the Russian Federation acquire property and land in the secessionist regions

In sub Saharan Africa, reform has often sought to transform customary tenure land into state property or individualized private property.

Returnees find greater obstacles in seeking to reclaim their land or property.

God made you inherit their land , houses , property , and a land on which you had never walked . God has power over all things .

God made you inherit their land , houses , property , and a land on which you had never walked . God has power over all things .

Land was relatively abundant and allocated by tribal chiefs without regard to Western style property rights.

Consequently, the majority of land and property disputes are mediated by the non formal justice sector.

32. Urges the Government of Afghanistan to address, with the assistance of the international community, the question of claims for land property through a comprehensive land titling programme, including formal registration of all property and improved security of property rights, and welcomes the steps already taken by the Government in this regard

28. Urges the Government of Afghanistan to address, with the assistance of the international community, the question of claims for land property through a comprehensive land titling programme, including formal registration of all property and improved security of property rights, and welcomes the steps already taken by the Government in this regard

In many developing countries, a large part of land property is not formally registered.

Recognizing that poverty is a major obstacle to women's full realization of housing, land and property rights,

(m) Consequently recognize that indigenous peoples' communal land use and creativity can give rise to property rights

Recognizing that poverty is a major obstacle to women's full realization of housing, land and property rights,

These statistics do not contain information on decisions issued and return of abandoned property, business premises and land.

Property rights were also not respected and there was widespread occupation of land and illegal construction with virtual impunity.

4.3 States shall ensure that housing, land and property restitution programmes, policies and practices do not disadvantage women and girls.

12.6 States should include housing, land and property restitution procedures, institutions and mechanisms in peace agreements and voluntary repatriation agreements.

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and their property , and ( to ) a land which you have not yet trodden , and Allah has power over all things .

And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and their property , and ( to ) a land which you have not yet trodden , and Allah has power over all things .

As such, the Principles incorporate a forward looking and holistic approach to housing, land and property restitution under international law.

20.1 States should designate specific public agencies to be entrusted with enforcing housing, land and property restitution decisions and judgements.

One fewer people on a fixed amount of land make investing in property a bad bet.

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Women's equal ownership of, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

16.20 Matrimonial property laws are more applicable to women who live in towns or who have rights in non custom land or leased custom land.

20.4 States should adopt specific measures to prevent the destruction or looting of contested or abandoned housing, land and property.

12.3 States should take all appropriate administrative, legislative and judicial measures to support and facilitate the housing, land and property restitution process.

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20.3 States should adopt specific measures to prevent the public obstruction of enforcement of housing, land and property restitution decisions and judgements.

Assigning titles to property can improve land values and access to credit (since land and capital can be used as collateral to obtain bank loans), especially for small enterprises and the informal sector.

Unresolved issues such as land and property restoration can perpetuate insecurity, particularly in situations of large scale returns of displaced persons.

15.2 States should ensure that any judicial, quasi judicial, administrative or customary pronouncement regarding the rightful ownership of, or rights to, housing, land and or property is accompanied by measures to ensure registration or demarcation of that housing, land and or property as is necessary to ensure legal security of tenure.

2.1 All refugees and displaced persons have the right to have restored to them any housing, land and or property of which they were arbitrarily or unlawfully deprived, or to be compensated for any housing, land and or property that is factually impossible to restore as determined by an independent, impartial tribunal.

Land and property ownership increases women's food security, their bargaining power within the household and their social status as members of the community.