• Address: Avenue Butembo n.4, commune de Goma, DRC

AAP

AIDE ET ACTION POUR LA PAIX

2007

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

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

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

Mission

To strengthen local capacity for peace, for access to land, for the protection of rights of internally displaced persons and children and for the fight against poverty in rural areas. The organization's mission is also to promote environmental law as a tool for the protection of public health and collective heritage, while promoting dialogue between stakeholders from different disciplines.

AAP aims to build a united rural world where the poorest rural households share their way of life with the most affluent in the respect of basic principles, and human rights and good governance, always centred on access to land and land management.

Objectives

The organization's objectives include to the strengthening of local capacity in the analysis and treatment of dealing with internal displacement, and the search for pursuit of lasting peace, and to help resolve the search for resolutions to land disputes through advocacy for the poor and the vulnerable.

Constituencies

Its constituencies are the poor and vulnerable, with a specific focus on indigenous peoples and internally displaced peoples.

  • Address: Avenue Butembo n.4, commune de Goma, DRC