Abstract
Access to resources is vital to peoples livelihoods in the rural and peri-urban areas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Through legal and institutional pluralism and various political practices, people put forth their resource claims recognized as rights. This writing analyzes how the public authority and the local State are formed through debates and struggles over the property in the Chittagong of Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh.
Highlights
Access to resources is vital to people's livelihoods in the rural and periurban areas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh
Through legal and institutional pluralism and various political practices, people put forth their resource claims recognized as rights
This writing analyzes how the public authority and the local State are formed through debates and struggles over the property in the Chittagong of Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh
Summary
The conflict rooted in the British colonial era followed by political, social and economic alienation by the British and Pakistan regimes and during different political rules in Bangladesh (Islam, 2013:2). The following figure shows an overview of the history of conflict in CHT. Process of land alienation by taking over the ownership of land rights in 1868. New government rejected the demands of political and cultural autonomy of the tribal people. Armed violence and massive militarisation in 1975 The political economy of ‘creeping genocide' (Levene, 1999) Peace Accord between Government and PCJSS in 1997. Figure 1:- History of Conflict in CHT. Even in post-conflict time, is not merely a result of conflict, rather an outcome of the process of conflict. There is a specific link between resource and conflict in CHT. As land issues are unsettled, it has remained a fundamental resource for conflict and violence. Challenges to access and control over land and resources are still rolling over the conflict process
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