EVENT INFORMATION

22
April
2015

Belize agrees to develop a mechanism recognizing Maya customary land rights

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📅 22 April 2015 📍 Belize

A Caribbean Court of Justice consent order recorded the government’s undertaking to develop a mechanism to recognize and protect Maya customary land tenure in southern Belize. The case followed long-standing Maya claims to ancestral territories. The consent order was a step toward collective territorial recognition, but it did not itself settle the full land question or amount to a state admission of every alleged violation.

Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Maya Leaders Alliance

Maya communities of southern Belize

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Caribbean Court of Justice

Government of Belize