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.
Secure Tenure Rights
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.
Inclusive decision-making
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.
Effective actions against land grabbing
Mission
The Forum's mission is to create a lasting solution for injustices and poverty to pastoralists and hunter gatherers communities. Building a strong community of pastoralists and hunter-gatherers with sustainable, recognized, and respected rights.
Objectives
The Forum's objective is to strive for an equitable society and sustainable livelihoods for pastoralists and hunter-gatherers in Tanzania.
Constituencies
The Pastoralists Indigenous Non Governmental Organization's Forum (PINGO's FORUM) is an advocacy coalition of 53 indigenous people's organizations currently working in Tanzania for the rights of the marginalized indigenous pastoralists and hunter-gatherers communities.
