• Address: 900, avenue Winston Churchill, BP 164 Yaoundé Cameroun

FPAE

Fondation Paul Ango Ela

2018

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 transparency and accountability, through unhindered and timely public access to all information that may contribute to informed public debate and decision-making on land issues at all stages, and through decentralization to the lowest effective level, to facilitate participation, accountability and the identification of locally appropriate solutions
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Transparent and accessible information

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

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
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Protected land rights defenders

Mission

The primary mission of the Foundation is to develop a high quality space for reflection where researchers, academics and young people can interact with decision-makers from the private and public sector.

Objectives

The primary objectives of the Foundation are to: 
- Promote and enrich reflection through studies, consultations and publications on democracy and human rights, good governance, conflict prevention and management, security and peace in Central Africa;
- Participate in a global and effective integration between the countries of the sub-region of Central Africa, by promoting meetings and the exchange of experiences;
- Promote research, preservation and dissemination of information, documents and other support resources related to the fields and areas of work of the FPAE;
- Establish and consolidate a multidisciplinary network of experts and researchers from the sub-region and develop a partnership with institutions pursuing the same objectives as the FPAE.


Constituencies

The FPAE is a research center whose activities are organized along the strong idea of promoting and enriching joint programmes between the academia, the private and the public sector in all Central Africa, especially on topics such as democracy, human rights, good governance, peace and security. 

  • Address: 900, avenue Winston Churchill, BP 164 Yaoundé Cameroun