Libera contro le mafie

Associazioni Nomi e Numeri contro le mafie Libera

Member since: 2021

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 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.
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Inclusive decision-making

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

Libera is committed to empower a society free from mafias, corruption and all forms of illegality, towards social justice and peace

Objectives

• enhancing and supporting the commitment of individual and collective actors acting against mafias;
• promoting the Italian Law (109/96) focused on the social reuse of confiscated assets and lands and promoting the same or similar process in other countries;
• restoring dignity to the land by taking it away from the mafias and giving it back to their communities;
• networking with social organizations and institutions committed for social justice;
• disseminating a culture of civil coexistence for the enhancement of equal opportunities and cultural, ethnic, religious and gender differences;
• promoting actions to tackle any kind of discrimination, against all forms of exploitation;
• fostering processes of development cooperation and international solidarity.
In order to achieve its social aims, Libera can be a civil party in criminal trials for crimes related to the Mafia-type association, for crimes against the public administration, for crimes of corruption and for all rights committed in order to facilitate directly and/or indirectly corruption, for environmental crimes shared with environmental associations, and all human rights violations. Promoting civil action for damages.

Constituencies

International