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Women’s Land Rights in Sierra Leone: Examining the 2022 Customary Land Act through the Lens of International Law and Legal Pluralism

Post author By Bankolay Theodore Turay
Post date 30. May 2025

Introduction Despite legal recognition of women’s rights in Sierra Leone, they faced significant barriers to land ownership. Discriminatory laws, social norms, and customs hinder their access. This article examines how…

Tags Customary Land Act, International law, land rights, Legal Pluralism, women’s rights

Strides in Indigenous Land Rights Protection: The Influence of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Post author By Lisa Klingshirn
Post date 6. October 2023

Introduction Indigenous Peoples with diverse cultures and customs live all over the world. Their customs and rituals precede today’s structures. With this in mind, these communities occupy a very important…

Tags African Commission on People's and Human Rights, African Court on People's and Human Rights, African Union, human rights, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, land rights

Women and their Access to Land – Gender Discrimination in Rwanda’s Land Law

Post author By Lisa Strube
Post date 10. December 2021

ANALYSIS Lisa Strube 10 December 2021 In Rwanda, great progress has been made in recent years, especially in the area of gender discrimination policy. When it comes to land rights,…

Tags gender discrimination, land rights, Rwanda, women’s rights