Mainstreaming Human Rights In Urban Land Administration Lessons From The Town Of Debre Markos

This research is conducted to investigate the urban land administration in Debre Markos (DM)rncity in line with the human rights protection. Specifically, this study is carried out to assess thernpractice of expropriation or development-based eviction in DM city based on the internationalrnhuman rights standards adopted in related to forced eviction. The study focused on assessing thernfeatures of mainstreaming human rights of adequate housing and land of evicted peoples in timernof expropriation or development-based eviction. This is because currently in many cities ofrnEthiopia, in particular in DM city homelessness and landlessness are increasing due tornexpropriation or development-based eviction. In this study both inner-urban evictees andrnexpropriated farmers are included. The issue is studied through the use of qualitative researchrnmethods to uncover the characteristics of development-based evictions with the consideration ofrnthe right to adequate housing and land rights of evicted communities in the city administration.rnThe data is collected from both the city administration and expropriated peoples through the usernof key informant interview, focus group discussion and observation. The study found that the usernof expropriation power in DM city has been associated with the displacement of hundreds ofrnpeople every year from the land that was considered to be ‘theirs’, with the lack of recognition ofrnproperty rights and the limited access to judicial remedies as a result of several problems suchrnas non-participatory land administration; human rights ignorance of workers; lack of strongrncivil society; eviction related corruption; absence of human rights impact assessment; lack ofrnadministrative and judiciary review in the city. To overcome all these problems and to promoternhuman rights mainstreaming in the development-based evictions in the study area the studyrnsuggested the following as solution such as amendment on the expropriation laws; re-structurernthe city administration people- centered, accountable and democratic; build commitment of cityrnadministration to raise human rights awareness; reframe the urban concerns as human rightsrnissues; and fostering participatory urban land administration in the city.rnKey terms: - Mainstreaming, Human Rights, Expropriation (development-based eviction)

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