Complaint > Altain Khuder debt & equity

Filing: Complaint

...compensation should also be land-based.30 In violation of this requirement, Altain Khuder only offered cash compensation. For herders, whose livelihoods are entirely land based, cash compensation is not an appropriate means of compensation, all the more so because of the customary land arrangements which does not allow land to be purchased. Cash compensation thus does not enable resettled herders to find new land, and since Altain Khuder also failed to provide this the resettled herders currentl...

Complaint > Altain Khuder debt & equity

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...compensation. According to Complainants, the company’s resettlement programme included cash compensation, but not allocation of new land. The company negotiated with individual herders, with no involvement from local authorities. The soum administration was unsure of its role, and individual herders did not have sufficient information to negotiate in an informed and equal manner. 16. According to Complainants, the payment of cash instead of land compen...

Complaint > Altain Khuder debt & equity

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...cash instead of land compensation is inherently inadequate because herders cannot use cash to obtain replacement land. On the one hand, accepting cash compensation for land is seen as wrongfully selling communally owned land to the company, and on the other hand, herders cannot simply purchase new land, both because land is allocated at periodic bagh meetings where other herders may object, and because suitable land may be unavailable. 69. An interpretation of pastoral rights to land has been of...