• Address: 101, av.Khalid Ibn El Oualid, PB 686 Assilah, 90 500 Maroc

AZUL

GROUPE AZUL

2018

Member since

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Platforms

Working towards these commitments

Respect and protect the inherent land and territorial rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including by recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge and cultures contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment".
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Secure territorial rights for Indigenous Peoples

Ensure that processes of decision-making over land are inclusive, so that policies, laws, procedures and decisions concerning land adequately reflect the rights, needs and aspirations of individuals and communities who will be affected by them. This requires the empowerment of those who otherwise would face limitations in representing their interests, particularly through support to land users' and other civil society organizations that are best able to inform, mobilize and legitimately represent marginalized land users, and their participation in multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue.
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Inclusive decision-making

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations and are based on: the free, prior and informed consent of existing land users; a thorough assessment of economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts with respect to both women and men; democratic planning and independent oversight; and transparent contracts that respect labour rights, comply with social and fiscal obligations and are specific and binding on the sharing of responsibilities and benefits. Where adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights have occurred, concerned actors should provide for, and cooperate in, impartial and competent mechanisms to provide remedy, including through land restitution and compensation.
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Effective actions against land grabbing

Respect and protect the civil and political rights of human rights defenders working on land issues, combat the stigmatization and criminalisation of peaceful protest and land rights activism, and end impunity for human rights violations, including harassment, threats, violence and political imprisonment
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Protected land rights defenders

Mission

AZUL's mission is to sensitize, mobilize and supervise the population to better face the problems related to land, natural resources, socio-economic inequalities, and the destruction of eco-systems and their consequences on the individual and the community.

Objectives

It has as an objective to give back to the Amazigh their status as full citizens, as opposed to their present lack of decision-making power or sovereignty over their tangible or intangible heritage.

Constituencies

The group's vision is "Africa to Africans", as said by King Amazigh Massinissa. The quote means that all people have the right to their land because they are attached to it, and that they will protect it for generations to come. Today, more than ever before, aboriginal peoples are the guarantors of the safeguarding the values of this world. The group defends this vision, as the opposite would mean that greed takes precedence over humanism.

  • Address: 101, av.Khalid Ibn El Oualid, PB 686 Assilah, 90 500 Maroc