EnPAx Icon Integrating Islamic Peacemaking and Environmental Justice in Family Dispute Resolution [Video]


Publisher: Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Date: 2026

Topics: Land, Protection and Access to Justice

Countries: Pakistan

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How can culturally grounded conciliation resolve land disputes that have lasted not just decades—but generations? In this discussion, Ibrahim Hussain FCIArb, an award-winning Imam and CIArb-accredited international mediator, will draw on practitioner experience from Sulha-based conciliation efforts involving British and Canadian expatriate families entangled in ancestral land disputes in Punjab, Pakistan. These conflicts—often rooted in unresolved inheritance divisions, prolonged absentee ownership, and fractured family relationships—have fueled litigation, mistrust, and exploitative land practices for decades.