• Contact: Mr Roy Culpeper
  • Address: 39 Bower Street, Ottawa, ON, K1S 0K2
  • Phone: 001 623-262-5911
  • Email: info@celada.ca
  • Web: celada.ca
  • Members:
    CELADA

CELADA

Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa

Member since: 2018

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

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.
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Equal land rights for women

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

Mission

CELADA seeks to raise awareness of the issues surrounding land and resource transactions; promote and conduct research, dialogue and debate among local, regional and international decision-makers; and lobby relevant institutions and governments for improvements.

Objectives

CELADA seeks to develop and strengthen partnerships with individuals, citizen groups, organizations, the business community and governments. Ultimately CELADA aims to engage those who care about ethical and sustainable development, social justice issues, and world security to shape the discussion and outcomes of the "coming age of Africa".
CELADA has adopted a triple-A strategy by promoting Awareness of land rights and associated issues, particularly in Africa; engaging in Advocacy on behalf of African farmers and pastoralists whose land rights are threatened; and engaging in Activism to promote their objectives. 

Constituencies

The Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa (CELADA) is an international campaign to end the indiscriminate alienation of African land to external and domestic commercial interests; to restore, reform and ensure sustainable land rights; and to promote equitable agricultural development, including land access, management and ownership for the African people.

  • Contact: Mr Roy Culpeper
  • Address: 39 Bower Street, Ottawa, ON, K1S 0K2
  • Phone: 001 623-262-5911
  • Email: info@celada.ca
  • Web: celada.ca
  • Members:
    CELADA