Land Home Justice (Yer Uy Adolat) is a network of independent experts and civil rights activists, jointly investigating and documenting the compulsory acquisition of land and homes for urban redevelopment projects in Uzbekistan. These acquisitions are leading to the forced eviction of homeowners and small businesses and these can also destroy cultural heritage, green spaces, and communities.
The database documents:
- Abuses of power, due process and law;
- Human rights violations; and
- Impacts on households, communities and businesses.
Methodology
Land Home Justice aims to find rigorous, evidence-based answers to its core research questions.
- Are national laws and/or international human rights law being breached during land acquisitions and forced eviction exercises conducted in urban areas in Uzbekistan?
- Where consistent breaches take place, what laws and human norms are violated?
- What is the impact of illicit land acquisitions on victim communities?
- Who are the beneficiaries of these illicit land acquisitions and what is their level of complicity with legal and/or human rights violations?
- Is there evidence to indicate forced evictions are a large-scale, systemic issue in Uzbekistan?