Projects
Policy and Advisory Work + Land and Agriculture
Projects By Topic
- Contracts And Human Rights
- Environmental And Climate Change Risks And Impacts
- Fair And Competitive Fiscal Framework
- Infrastructure And Linkages
- Integrated Community Development And Human Rights
- International Investment Law And International Human Rights Law
- Land Contracts And Transparency In Land-Based Investment
- Land Investments, Human Rights, And International Law
- Land, Climate Change, And The Sustainable Development Goals
- Legal And Technical Support Gaps
- Long-term Planning And Revenue Management
- Multi-Stakeholder And Expert Dialogue
- Outcomes And Linkages Of Large-Scale Agriculture Investments
- Policy And Advisory Work
- Policy Level And Project Level: Human Rights Impacts Of Investment Projects
- Research
- Resources And Tools
- Sustainable Resource Based Development Strategy
- Teaching And Curriculum Development
- Transparent And Mutually Beneficial Legal Framework
- Understanding Land, Investment, And International Law
- Climate Change
- Coordinating Multi-Stakeholder And Expert Dialogue
- Extractive Industries
- Human Rights & Development
- Investment & Human Rights
- Investment Law And Policy
- Land And Agriculture
- Land/Extractives Nexus
Statutory Recognition of Customary Land Rights in Africa: Lessons for Sierra Leone
In collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, CCSI conducted a comparative study of laws that recognize customary land rights in six countries in Africa. The study was carried out to assist the Government of Sierra Leone and the Stakeholder Platform on the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure as… read more
Achieving Sustainable Development in the Coffee Sector
Coffee, the world’s favorite beverage, provides livelihoods for at least 60 million people across dozens of countries. Promoting the long-term health, wellbeing, and environmental sustainability of the much beloved coffee sector should be a clear priority. Yet coffee is experiencing a sustainability crisis. A sustained decline in world coffee prices has squeezed coffee producers, and thrown… read more
Support to the UN SDSN on the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda
CCSI provides ongoing support to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN) Thematic Group 10 on Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources. This has included technical support on reports and documents during the development of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as development of potential indicators to measure progress toward the SDGs. In addition, CCSI and the Thematic Network have worked together on several projects to identify research gaps and generate innovative solutions.
Support in Analyzing Contracts
CCSI assists stakeholders, researchers, and advocacy organizations by analyzing resource contracts for human rights, fiscal, sustainable development, and environmental implications.
Advocating for Transparency
CCSI advocates for transparency in a number of fora. Given the important role that home states could play to encourage greater disclosure of information regarding land-based investment, CCSI has made multiple submissions to home state entities suggesting the introduction or expansion of disclosure requirements for companies.
Access to Justice
Among the critical issues that arise from the interaction of human rights and investment law is whether and how the relatively greater access to justice provided to aggrieved investors by the international investment regime undermines access to justice for other individuals and communities, including those affected by large-scale land-based investment.