And Guérés with legitimate claims of land restitution therefore often cannot have their complaint properly heard or enforced.

The Victims and Land Restitution Law provoked a backlash from some of those who benefited from misappropriated lands.

Do Thi Minh Hanh is a labour activist who assisted farmers in filling petitions with the government to demand the return of confiscated land.

The majority of these assassinations are the responsibility of paramilitary groups, now named the “anti-land restitution army”, which operate in areas of high strategic value to the development of economic mega projects.

We are also taking measures for the restitution of agricultural land, forestry and real estate and to privatise the assets of the state.

They were calling for the return of land which they alleged was confiscated by the military in the 1990s and for compensation for their losses.

In Honduras, Antonio Trejo Cabrera, lawyer for an NGO demanding the return of lands belonging to the Bajo Aguan rural communities, was murdered on 22 September 2012.

The May 2008 land return by Kurdish intellectual Berzan Boti is an important example that illustrates the different content and language of Kurdish reconciliation efforts.

Despite some serious flaws, the 2011 Victims and Land Restitution Law could still have a positive impact on the lives of many victims.

At the age of 18 Do Thi Minh Hanh became politically active by assisting farmers in filing petitions with the government to demand the return of confiscated land.

These initiatives on data and knowledge management could significantly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government agency that manages land claims in South Africa.

On 24 April the plenary of the Paraguayan Senate voted on a bill to return 14,404 hectares of traditional land to the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community.

A first task was to gather, systematise and map data on land claims and expropriations under Apartheid regime.

At some point, whether now or sometime in the future, both parties and the international community must surely address seriously the issue of returning land to the Palestinian people and establishing two independent states?

He was among approximately 80 people who had occupied a farm in the community of Ercilla, Araucania region, as part of their campaign for the return of land they claim.