2013
Member since
Working towards these commitments
Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
Secure Tenure Rights
Recognize and protect the diverse tenure and production systems upon which people’s livelihoods depend, including the communal and customary tenure systems of smallholders, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, fisher folks, and holders of overlapping, shifting and periodic rights to land and other natural resources, even when these are not recognized by law, and whilst also acknowledging that the well-being of resource-users may be affected by changes beyond the boundaries of the land to which they have tenure rights.
Diverse Tenure Systems
Mission
Together with our partners, we support the efforts of disadvantaged people and communities in developing countries to determine the course of their own lives and provide them with help to help themselves. We promote fair access to essential resources and protect social, economic, political, environmental and cultural rights. In Switzerland, we promote a spirit of solidarity among the population and campaign for coherent policies that benefit people in developing countries.
Our vision is a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security and make a sustainable use of environmental resources.