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Land issue VGGT Section VGGT Paragraph Human Right Human rights instrument Article

Ensure and respect the rule of law

Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties

11. Markets

11.1

Where appropriate, States should recognize and facilitate fair and transparent sale and lease markets as a means of transfer of rights of use and ownership of land, fisheries and forests. Where markets in tenure rights operate, States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their existing obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional and international instruments. Transactions of tenure rights to land, fisheries and forests should comply with national regulation of land use and not jeopardize core development goals

Right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial

ICEDAW

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

15.2

States Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity. In particular, they shall give women equal rights to conclude contracts and to administer property and shall treat them equally in all stages of procedure in courts and tribunals.