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| Indonesian farmers and students react as the police spray water during a protest against illegal land confiscation and incidents of violence in land-grabbing cases outside the parliament building in Jakarta, in this file photo. The UN adopted global guidelines on farmland purchases and the use of fisheries and forests by rich countries in the developing world on Friday, a move hailed as a block on 'land grabbing.' (EPA Photo) |
The UN
adopted global guidelines on farmland purchases and the use of fisheries and
forests by rich countries in the developing world on Friday, a move hailed as a
block on “land grabbing.”
“They’ve
just endorsed it by acclamation,” a spokesman for the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) in Rome told AFP. The new voluntary rules are the result of
three years of negotiations between UN member states.
The
International Land Coalition, an alliance of civil society groups, said in a
statement the document was “a remarkable advance towards people-centered land
governance that is firmly anchored in a human rights framework.”
“The
guidelines support access to systems of justice and transparent information
concerning tenure, while promoting women’s land rights and gender equality,” it
said.
“The rights
of indigenous peoples are protected through recognition of their ancestral
domains. Non-state actors, such as multinational corporations, are given clear
responsibilities to respect human rights,” it added.
Agence France-Presse
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