KNU land policy (English Version)

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CHAPTER 4: CHANGES TO TENURE RIGHTS AND DUTIES.....48Article 4.1 Basic principles........................................................48Article 4.3 Redistribution...........................................................52Article 4.4 Rescission................................................................54Article 4.5 Readjustment...........................................................56Article 4.6 Investment................................................................57CHAPTER 5: ADMINISTRATION OF TENURE..............................59Article 5.1 Registration..............................................................59Article 5.2 Valuation..................................................................60Article 5.3 Taxation...................................................................60Article 5.4 Regulated spatial planning......................................62Article 5.5 Resolution of tenure rights and tenure rights relateddisputes....................................................................62CHAPTER 6: IMPLEMENTATION...................................................64Article 6.1 Training....................................................................64Article 6.2 Monitoring and evaluation ......................................65ABBREVIATION...............................................................................66
PREAMBLEThe KNU was formed on February 5, 1947 in Rangoon. Afterthe withdrawal from Insein headquarters in Rangoon, the KawthooleiGovernment was subsequently established in Toungoo on June 14, 1949.Several departments functioned under its mandate, prominent amongthem the forestry and agriculture departments. KNU's first land policywas ratified during KNU's 9th Congress in 1974, with the policy principallybased on the slogan of "land must be in our hand". However, afterGeneral Ne Win of the Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP) seizedpower in the 1962 coup, Burmese civilians' lands and rental of leasedlands were confiscated and nationalized by the Burmese government.During the socialist Burmese government period, land wasnationalized, resulting in some farmers, including Karen farmers, losingtheir land ownership and use rights without compensation. Then whenthe Burmese government executed its Four Cuts campaign beginning in1974, Karen peoples again lost their lands in many different ways,including through military-led village assaults, land grabs, and infrastructuredevelopment such as the construction of Burmese military bases, roads,and dams. Military-led assaults against the Karen people have occurredseveral times since then, further aggravating land tenure and livelihoodsecurity. Karen peoples have had to abandon their villages and becomeinternally displaced peoples (IDPs) within the country and refugees inThailand until the present.For Karen civilians to be able to use their lands independent ofBurmese government law, the KNU thus passed their land policy. Butby the mid-2000s, KNU’s land policy became outdated and lessLand Policy1
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that are not able to return to thei
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a result of redistribution. KNU Aut
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standards and obligations.4.4.4 KNU
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or to make possible desirable publi
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CHAPTER 5: ADMINISTRATION OF TENURE
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5.3.3 In addition to Taxes assessed
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KNU Authorities’ legal court syst
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Article 6.2 Monitoring and evaluati
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