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dc.contributor.authorCismas, Ioanaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorParamita, Patriciaen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-08T00:00:51Z-
dc.date.available2015-10-08T00:00:51Z-
dc.date.issued2015en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/22311-
dc.description.abstractBeing anchored in the broader policy debate on the effectiveness of international human rights standards on the ground, this chapter inquires whether human rights carry any relevance in the Cambodian landscape of contestation of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) and long-term leases. The chapter first establishes that substantive and procedural obligations relevant to LSLAs result from Cambodia's ratification of human rights treaties. It then examines whether and to what extent this normative framework informs the acts and actions of the government in relation to land transactions, and the strategies employed by affected communities. The study relies on legal analysis to unearth tensions between processes set in motion by land laws and shortcomings in their implementation in terms of transparency and participation, accountability and redress, and identification of vulnerable groups. It also draws on desk and field research in a rural and an urban area of Cambodia to examine the mobilisation strategies employed by the two communities affected by LSLA-related forced evictions; the focus is on processes of appropriation and adaptation of human rights by affected local communities, known as ‘vernacularization'. The chapter shows that the rural-urban spatiality, a constructed element, is of relevance in explaining the different configurations of social activism occurring in each setting and these configurations' use of human rights. It finds that, contrary to similarly LSLA-affected rural citizens, urban dwellers made extensive use of human rights language and human rights mechanisms to challenge their forced evictions and also achieved a certain success. Furthermore, the chapter shows that deficient governmental practice, in particular in the area of information and access to justice may play a role in entertaining this divided spatiality, especially by incapacitating the vernacularization of human rights in rural settings.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherInstitut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Developpementen_UK
dc.relationCismas I & Paramita P (2015) Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Cambodia: Where Do (Human Rights) Law and Practice Meet?. Revue internationale de politique de développement, 6 (1), pp. 231-248. http://poldev.revues.org/2051en_UK
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dc.subjectcivil societyen_UK
dc.subjectfood securityen_UK
dc.subjectlivelihood securityen_UK
dc.subjecthungeren_UK
dc.subjectright to fooden_UK
dc.subjectinequalitiesen_UK
dc.subjectpovertyen_UK
dc.subjectaccountabilityen_UK
dc.subjecthuman rightsen_UK
dc.subjectempowermenten_UK
dc.subjectland rightsen_UK
dc.subjectlarge-scale land acquisitionsen_UK
dc.subjectproperty rightsen_UK
dc.subjecttitlingen_UK
dc.subjecttransformation of livelihoodsen_UK
dc.subjectvernacularisationen_UK
dc.titleLarge-Scale Land Acquisitions in Cambodia: Where Do (Human Rights) Law and Practice Meet?en_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.citation.jtitleInternational Development Policy / Revue internationale de politique de développementen_UK
dc.citation.issn1663-9391en_UK
dc.citation.issn1663-9375en_UK
dc.citation.volume6en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.spage231en_UK
dc.citation.epage248en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.identifier.urlhttp://poldev.revues.org/2051en_UK
dc.author.emailioana.cismas@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLawen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationGraduate Institute of International and Development Studies (The Graduate Institute Geneva)en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid602635en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2015-10-07en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorCismas, Ioana|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorParamita, Patricia|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2015-12-31en_UK
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