• Address: 165 Avenue Mutakato, Mabanga South Neighborhood, Karisimbi Commune, Goma, North Kivu Province. Eastern DRC

PIDP/SHIRIKA LA BAMBUTI

Programme Intégré pour le Développement du peuple Pygmée au Kivu

2015

Member since

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Platforms

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.
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Secure Tenure Rights

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

Mission

To defend the human rights of the indigenous pygmy peoples of Bambuti, hailing from Kivu on the cultural, social, economic and environmental fronts. Indigenous pygmy Bambuti peoples live in unity and solidarity with other communities, while fully enjoying their own rights, free of discrimination and marginalisation. Most notably, the right to civic participation, socioeconomic and cultural rights, as well as the rights to their land so that they may actively participate in their emancipation through the their self-determination in a healthy environment.

Objectives

To protect and promote the livelihoods of indigenous Pygmy peoples in order to respect their culture and traditions, with a sustainable development perspective. It is also to ensure advocacy and lobbying, as well as the the protection and respect of the Pygmy peoples rights; to contribute to the protection of biodiversity, to the governance and sustainable management of natural resources. Finally, it is to mobilise social and humanitarian assistance which benefits the indigenous pygmy Bambuti and their needy neighbors in situations of need.

Constituencies


  • Address: 165 Avenue Mutakato, Mabanga South Neighborhood, Karisimbi Commune, Goma, North Kivu Province. Eastern DRC