When the law is not enough : paralegals and natural resources governance in Mozambique /

When the law is not enough : paralegals and natural resources governance in Mozambique /

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Author / Creator:Tanner, Christopher, author.
Imprint:Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014.
Description:xii, 126 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:FAO Legislative Study ; 110
FAO legislative study ; 110.
Subject:
Natural resources -- Law and legislation -- Mozambique.
Legal assistants -- Mozambique.
Legal assistants.
Natural resources -- Law and legislation.
Mozambique.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10174278
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Other authors / contributors:Bicchieri, Marianna, author.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Legal Office, sponsoring body.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, issuing body.
ISBN:9789251082485
9251082480
9789251082492
9251082499
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126).
Summary:"The Mozambique land law provides statutory recognition of customary land rights and is considered one of the most progressive legislations in Africa. However, the law continues to face implementation challenges, including the realization of equal rights for women and institutional reform. Simply having a progressive law 'is not enough' to bring about transformative change in a country. Recognizing these challenges, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed a programme to support the legislation through the capacity development of both direct beneficiaries and those responsible for implementing it. This publication presents an overview of how this programme developed and what it has achieved to date. It highlights the lessons learned from this core element of FAO's long history of support to the land programme in Mozambique. In particular, the study discusses the challenges facing land and natural resources paralegals in Mozambique today and helps to define the parameters for programme assessment by looking at paralegals in different country contexts. It describes how the programme has included training and capacity-development, not just for NGO-sponsored paralegals, but also for district and local government level officials, justice system officers and staff from public sectors working with land and natural resources."--Publisher website.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The land and natural resources challenge
  • 2.1. Gender and women's land rights
  • 2.2. The legal and policy framework for land and resources
  • 2.3. The role of the paralegal
  • 3. What is a paralegal?
  • 3.1. Paralegals in different contexts
  • 3.1.1. South Africa
  • 3.1.2. Uganda
  • 3.1.3. Sierra Leone
  • 3.1.4. Namibia
  • 3.1.5. Mozambique
  • 3.2. Training: knowledge and skills
  • 3.3. Certification
  • 3.4. Legal recognition
  • 3.5. Autonomy, adaptability and trust
  • 3.6. Women paralegals
  • 3.7. Working with the legal profession
  • 3.8. The future for paralegals
  • 4. The CFJJ-FAO paralegal and local government programme
  • 4.1. The genesis of the programme
  • 4.2. The twin-track approach
  • 4.3. Paralegal training
  • 4.3.1. Who are the paralegals?
  • 4.3.2. Structure and strategy of the training
  • 4.3.3. Hundreds of paralegals
  • 4.3.4. Training materials
  • 4.4. District officers' seminars
  • 4.5. Targeted sector training
  • 4.5.1. The Ministry of Tourism
  • 4.5.2. Training for police in forestry and environment issues
  • 4.6. Working with the Rural Development Directorate: community-investor partnerships
  • 4.7. Gender issues and women's land rights
  • 4.7.1. Gender and women's rights in the training activities
  • 4.7.2. Advocacy campaign
  • 4.8. Research
  • 4.9. Impact of the programme
  • 4.9.1. Impact at community level
  • 4.9.2. Gender impact
  • 4.9.3. Local government and agency impact
  • 4.10. An effective programme needing an implementation framework
  • 4.11. Having a 'champion' in a complex area of work
  • 5. Discussion
  • 5.1. Lessons for paralegalism
  • 5.1.1. The case for specialization
  • 5.1.2. Training
  • 5.1.3. Recognition and certification
  • 5.1.4. Working in networks
  • 5.1.5. The rights of women over land and resources
  • 5.2. Legal empowerment
  • 5.3. Is legal empowerment enough?
  • 6. Conclusion
  • 6.1. A format for change - the empowerment chain
  • 6.2. Using this approach in other contexts
  • Bibliography
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