1. Domein Verklaring: Colonial Legal Legacies and Community Access to Land in Indonesia
- Author:
- Jeffrey Neilson
- Publication Date:
- 11-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- In 1870, the Dutch colonial government established the principle of domein verklaring (free state domain) in its East Indies colony when it enacted agrarian laws to promote private investment. The now-independent Indonesian nation is still trying to resolve the principle’s implications for community access to land, which threaten the long-term sustainability of livelihoods across the country. Further legal recognition of pre-existing customary rights over land is required to prevent exacerbating the marginalization of rural community interests.
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Civil Society, History, Law, Colonialism, and Land
- Political Geography:
- Indonesia, Asia, and Southeast Asia