• Address: 33 Mapagsangguni Street Sikatuna Village, Diliman 1101 Quezon City Philippines

ANGOC

ASIAN NGO COALITION FOR AGRARIAN REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2003

Member since

2

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.
1

Secure Tenure Rights

Ensure equitable land distribution and public investment that supports small-scale farming systems, including through redistributive agrarian reforms that counter excessive land concentration, provide for secure and equitable use and control of land, and allocate appropriate land to landless rural producers and urban residents, whilst supporting smallholders as investors and producers, such as through cooperative and partnership business models.
2

Strong Small-Scale Farming Systems

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
8

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.
9

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
10

Protected land rights defenders

Mission

The organisation's mission is to create a policy and social environment that enables Asian rural poor communities to exercise their rights to participatory development, gain access to and control of their natural resources, and engage in sustainable livelihoods, while drawing from Asia's rich spiritual and cultural traditions. 

ANGOC envisions vibrant Asian rural communities living in harmony with nature, as stewards of the earth. Communities whose members are able to realize their full human potentials, to collectively chart their path to development, to provide for their present and future needs, and to equitably share the fruits of their labors in community celebrations of life. 


Objectives

The organisation's objectives include consolidating, promoting and mainstreaming alternative development experiences, agrarian reform, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ARSARD), and strengthening Asian grassroots-action networks.

Constituencies

Its constituencies are member organizations of ANGOC and the organizations they work for/with.

  • Address: 33 Mapagsangguni Street Sikatuna Village, Diliman 1101 Quezon City Philippines