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15.3
In the national context and in accordance with national law and legislation, redistributive reforms may be considered for social, economic and environmental reasons, among others, where a high degree of ownership concentration is combined with a significant level of rural poverty attributable to lack of access to land, fisheries and forests respecting, in line with the provisions of Section 15, the rights of all legitimate tenure
holders. Redistributive reforms should guarantee equal access of men and women to land, fisheries and forests |
Right to equality and non-discrimination
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The States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms, without any discrimination for reasons of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic status, birth, or any other social condition.
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15.6
Where States choose to implement redistributive reforms, they should develop policies and laws, through participatory processes, to make
them sustainable. States should ensure that policies and laws assist beneficiaries, whether communities, families or individuals, to earn an
adequate standard of living from the land, fisheries and forests they acquire and ensure equal treatment of men and women in redistributive reforms. States should revise policies that might inhibit the achievement
and sustainability of the intended effects of the redistributive reforms. |
Right to equality and non-discrimination
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The States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms, without any discrimination for reasons of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic status, birth, or any other social condition.
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15.9
States should implement redistributive reforms through transparent, participatory and accountable approaches and procedures. All affected
parties should be accorded with due process and just compensation according to national law and the provisions of Section 16. All affected
parties, including disadvantaged groups, should receive full and clear information on the reforms, including through gender-targeted messages.
Beneficiaries should be selected through open processes, and they should receive secure tenure rights that are publicly recorded. Access to means of resolving disputes should be provided for under national law. States should endeavour to prevent corruption in redistributive reform programmes, particularly through greater transparency and participation. |
Right to equality and non-discrimination
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The States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms, without any discrimination for reasons of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic status, birth, or any other social condition.
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