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Human Rights VGGT

Land issue	VGGT Section	VGGT Paragraph	Human Right	Human rights instrument	Article
Accountability in land governance	General matters 4. Rights and responsibilities related to tenure	4.1 States should strive to ensure responsible governance of tenure because land, fisheries and forests are central for the realization of human rights, food security, poverty eradication, sustainable livelihoods, social stability, housing security, rural development, and social and economic growth.	Right to development	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	3.2 Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies to exercise their right to development.
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests	General matters 4. Rights and responsibilities related to tenure	4.3 All parties should recognize that no tenure right, including private ownership, is absolute. All tenure rights are limited by the rights of others and by the measures taken by States necessary for public purposes. Such measures should be determined by law, solely for the purpose of promoting general welfare including environmental protection and consistent with States’ human rights obligations. Tenure rights are also balanced by duties. All should respect the long-term protection and sustainable use of land, fisheries and forests.	Right to development	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	3.2 Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies to exercise their right to development.
Identifying and safeguarding formal and informal land rights	General matters 4. Rights and responsibilities related to tenure	4.3 All parties should recognize that no tenure right, including private ownership, is absolute. All tenure rights are limited by the rights of others and by the measures taken by States necessary for public purposes. Such measures should be determined by law, solely for the purpose of promoting general welfare including environmental protection and consistent with States’ human rights obligations. Tenure rights are also balanced by duties. All should respect the long-term protection and sustainable use of land, fisheries and forests.	Right to development	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	3.2 Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies to exercise their right to development.
		Identifying and safeguarding formal and informal land rights	General matters 4. Rights and responsibilities related to tenure	4.4 Based on an examination of tenure rights in line with national law, States should provide legal recognition for legitimate tenure rights not currently protected by law. Policies and laws that ensure tenure rights should be non-discriminatory and gender sensitive. Consistent with the principles of consultation and participation of these Guidelines, States should define through widely publicized rules the categories of rights that are considered legitimate. All forms of tenure should provide all persons with a degree of tenure security which guarantees legal protection against forced evictions that are inconsistent with States’ existing obligations under national and international law, and against harassment and other threats.	Right to development	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	3.2 Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies to exercise their right to development.
		Identifying and safeguarding formal and informal land rights	General matters 4. Rights and responsibilities related to tenure		Right to development			4.4 Based on an examination of tenure rights in line with national law, States should provide legal recognition for legitimate tenure rights not currently protected by law. Policies and laws that ensure tenure rights should be non-discriminatory and gender sensitive. Consistent with the principles of consultation and participation of these Guidelines, States should define through widely publicized rules the categories of rights that are considered legitimate. All forms of tenure should provide all persons with a degree of tenure security which guarantees legal protection against forced evictions that are inconsistent with States’ existing obligations under national and international law, and against harassment and other threats.	Right to development	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	3.2 Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies to exercise their right to development.
		Identifying and safeguarding formal and informal land rights	General matters 4. Rights and responsibilities related to tenure	4.5 States should protect legitimate tenure rights, and ensure that people are not arbitrarily evicted and that their legitimate tenure rights are not otherwise extinguished or infringed	Right to development	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	3.2 Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies to exercise their right to development.