Joint Civil Society Statement on the African Business and Human Rights Forum

By sam | Sat, 10/22/2022 - 20:12

ACCA and its partners commended the African Union and its partners on the successful convening of the first African Business and Human Rights Forum held in Accra, Ghana from 11 to 13 October 2022.

They appreciated that the Forum gathered participants from the continent and beyond, who have an interest in the attainment of human rights in the context of business operations.

Community Sketch Map Making Guide

Women Representative Presenting Sketch Map during their Participatory Mapping

The Land Rights Law of 2018 provides for the recognition, protection, and registration of community land rights. One of the requirements to registering community land is for communities to agree on and identify the community land space, resources, and boundaries to determine the scope of the community's customary land (see a sample map below in figure 1). For this reason, there is an urgent need to build the most affordable and accessible systems for mapping community lands and natural resources.

BROKEN PROMISES! SDI AND MILIEUDEFENSIE PROBE FINDS GOLDEN VEROLEUM GUILTY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBERIA

Wilfred Gray-Johnson-SDI Executive Director

A report done by the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and its partner, the Netherland based Milieudefensie has found Oil palm giant Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) in gross violations of obligations and commitments from the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) that were signed in 2014 with affected communities while it continues with massive deforestation in Liberia. 

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