Member since: 2018
Working towards these commitments
Ensure gender justice in relation to land, taking all necessary measures to pursue both de jure and de facto equality, enhancing the ability of women to defend their land rights and take equal part in decision-making, and ensuring that control over land and the benefits that are derived thereof are equal between women and men, including the right to inherit and bequeath tenure rights.
Equal land rights for women
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".
Secure territorial rights for Indigenous Peoples
Enable the role of local land users in territorial and ecosystem management, recognizing that sustainable development and the stewardship of ecosystems are best achieved through participatory decision-making and management at the territorial-level, empowering local land users and their communities with the authority, means and incentives to carry out this responsibility.
Locally-managed ecosystems
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
Protected land rights defenders
Mission
The movement's mission is to create an open space where the community are able to speak, share knowledge and experiences, always maintaining the cultural and linguistic heritage intact, with the priority to protect and heal Mother Nature.
Objectives
Their objectives are focused on: rural economy and production, to empower communities' rights and policy making, especially within the indigenous community of maya Ch'orti.
Constituencies
The national movement, founded in Guatemala wants to empower the autonomy required for the well-being of the Ch'orti People and their cohabitants.
