Customary Land Tenure in Liberia - Land Tenure and Property ...
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Dispute<br />
Resolution<br />
Concessions<br />
<strong>and</strong> Protected<br />
Areas<br />
Women’s <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong><br />
Rights<br />
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representative quotas, capacity build<strong>in</strong>g of women <strong>and</strong> youth leaders, <strong>and</strong> campaigns aimed at cast<strong>in</strong>g<br />
women <strong>and</strong> youth as competent leaders.<br />
Remove l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> governance authority of Clan <strong>and</strong> Paramount Chiefs, except where they are deemed<br />
the appropriate authorities of core tenure units.<br />
Vest governance authorities selected by core tenure units with the authority to resolve local l<strong>and</strong><br />
disputes.<br />
Strengthen the authority <strong>and</strong> legitimacy of the dispute resolution hierarchy to deal with l<strong>and</strong> disputes<br />
between communities <strong>and</strong> outsiders.<br />
Re<strong>in</strong>force the ability of adm<strong>in</strong>istrative <strong>and</strong> judicial dispute resolution authorities to apply customary<br />
law, thereby bolster<strong>in</strong>g their legitimacy.<br />
Renegotiate irregularly acquired concessions <strong>in</strong> the Community <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> area.<br />
M<strong>and</strong>ate that, upon expiry of exist<strong>in</strong>g concessions, l<strong>and</strong> be returned to Community <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> to enable<br />
communities to exert community rights <strong>and</strong> have them documented.<br />
Promote co-management <strong>and</strong> co-governance arrangements between FDA <strong>and</strong> communities <strong>in</strong><br />
protected areas.<br />
Require that new protected areas are negotiated with local communities before they are established,<br />
<strong>and</strong> that communities are properly compensated for any rights lost.<br />
Invest <strong>in</strong> social <strong>in</strong>terventions that <strong>in</strong>fluence attitudes <strong>and</strong> behaviors limit<strong>in</strong>g women‟s l<strong>and</strong> rights,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g rights education, mobiliz<strong>in</strong>g women to press for changes to customs.<br />
Strengthen laws to protect women‟s rights <strong>in</strong> their natal <strong>and</strong> marital communities.<br />
CUSTOMARY LAND TENURE IN LIBERIA