Tag Archives: land rights

Land Rights: A Crucial Strategy for Combatting Climate Change

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

By Alfred Brownell and Devan Braun Land is connected to many of our most pressing global issues. For example, a significant body of empirical evidence supports the view that strengthening indigenous and local communities’ legal rights to their land is … Continue reading →

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Why land rights? An answer in two days…

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

By Kevin Murray On December 7 & 8, the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) held its 12th Human Rights Institute at Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL). The two-day event, entitled “Land Rights in the Era … Continue reading →

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PHRGE Faces the Land Rights Imperative

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

Land rights is the human rights issue of the 21st century. So insists Chris Jochnick, C.E.O. of Landesa and keynote speaker at PHRGE’s 12th Human Rights Institute to be held at Northeastern University School of Law on December 7 and … Continue reading →

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PHRGE co-op spawns community storytelling project in Costa Rica

Posted on June 6, 2013 by

While a student at Northeastern University School of Law, I was fortunate to be able to pursue two human rights co-ops with the support of the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy. I completed my first co-op during … Continue reading →

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