No man’s land: land rights in Myanmar and a world order under attack

Across Myanmar, farmers and displaced communities continue to face dispossession and the erosion of Housing, Land, and Property rights. In areas controlled by Ethnic Armed Organisations, new forms of land governance are taking shape. They raise expectations, but also new uncertainties. Civil society legal aid organisations are developing interim protection measures to help the most vulnerable hold on to what is theirs.

Meanwhile, the junta pursues international legitimacy at home and abroad, apparently counting on short memories and the fading lessons of a failed transition. The conversation broadens from there: the post-WWII international order (built on human rights and foundational rules on the use of force) is itself under attack, challenged by leaders who govern through nationalist and nativist narratives and resort to aggression. Where did the idea of a global responsibility to protect go?

Scott Leckie and Jose Arraiza discuss the current global situation and the future of land rights in Myanmar in this episode of the Insight Myanmar podcast series.

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