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Human Rights VGGT

Land issue	VGGT Section	VGGT Paragraph	Human Right	Human rights instrument	Article
Identifying and safeguarding formal and informal land rights	Responses to climate change and emergencies 24. Natural disasters	24.1 All parties should ensure that tenure aspects of land, fisheries and forests are addressed when preventing and preparing for natural disasters and in their responses to them. Regulatory frameworks for tenure, including spatial planning, should be designed to avoid or minimize the potential impacts of natural disasters	Right to life	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	6.1 1. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to life, physical and mental integrity, liberty and security of person.
		Identifying and safeguarding formal and informal land rights	Responses to climate change and emergencies 24. Natural disasters	24.3 States should address tenure in disaster prevention and preparedness programmes. Information on legitimate tenure rights should be collected for areas that could be affected through a process consistent with the principles of consultation and participation of these Guidelines. Systems for recording legitimate tenure rights should be resilient to natural disasters, including off-site storage of records, to allow right holders to prove their rights and relocate their parcels and other spatial units. States should strive to identify areas for the temporary resettlement of people who could be displaced by natural disasters, and rules should be established for providing tenure security in such areas	Right to life	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	6.1 1. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to life, physical and mental integrity, liberty and security of person.
		Identifying and safeguarding formal and informal land rights	Responses to climate change and emergencies 24. Natural disasters	24.4 States and other parties should address tenure in the emergency response phase. Any provision of alternative land, fisheries, forests and livelihoods for displaced persons should not jeopardize the rights and livelihoods of others. Legitimate tenure rights of displaced persons should also be recognized, respected and protected. Information on tenure rights and unauthorized use should be disseminated to all affected persons	Right to life	UNDROP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	6.1 1. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to life, physical and mental integrity, liberty and security of person.