Summary Report: CBI 9-10 Phase 2 Regional Planning Meeting

This is a summary report on the discussions and agreements of members of the Asia Working Group on Land Rights as Human Rights, in relation to the second phase of implementation on the initiative on “Defending Land Rights and Human Rights Defenders in Asia,” supported by the International Land Coalition and the UN Development Programme Asia and the Pacific – Business and Human Rights Team. A two-day planning meeting was organized by ANGOC and KPA last 3-4 March 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss the work program. The project which involves six countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines), will run until 2021, and has the following components: (a) Sectoral Landgrab Papers, (b) Advocacy on Business and Human Rights, and (c) Land Conflict Monitoring.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.