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VGGT sections
Human Rights
Land issues
Instrument
Countries
| Land issue | VGGT Section | VGGT Paragraph | Human Right | Human rights instrument | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
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13.5States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive. Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses |
Right to an adequate standard of living |
ICEDAWInternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
12.2.hStates Parties shall undertake all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, that they participate in and benefit from rural development and, in particular, shall ensure to such women the right … (h) to enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications |