community rights

Violations of community rights by legitimate governments is at the heart of calls by the coalition and international NGOs [non-governmental organisations] such as Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Impact (formerly Partnership Africa Canada) and Amnesty International to widen the definition of 'conflict ...

Mrs Cecilia Senoo, Executive Director of Hope for Future Generation (HFFG) made this known at the ongoing five-day Anglophone Africa Community Rights and Gender Meeting in Accra. It being co-hosted by HFFG and the Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS Service Organisation (EANNASO) both ...

Bhubaneswar: Tribal people in the State are able to make their lives better for the Community rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by managing forest resources sustainably. This was stated during a one-day workshop on Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 and recogniton of community forest rights here.

She worked for years, unsuccessfully, to get Lane Electric Coop and then Lane County to adopt rational Integrated Vegetation Management policies. She made the connections between wildlife, biodiversity, rights of nature and human Community Rights, and became the chief petitioner for the campaign to ...

Doing that would have meant giving up his community's rights and title. Hansen said he refused to implement it. “The treaty has not come into force,” he said. So he went with Kinder Morgan. “I was in a financial place where I had to accept (the Kinder Morgan) money,” said Hansen on Nation to Nation that ...

Those policies can favor individual property rights, community rights of Routt County residents, or "greater good" rights influencing the Yampa River Basin, the State of Colorado, the Colorado River and beyond, now and for generations to come. Which is favored, what is the balance and who decides?

A screening of Robin Wall Kimmerer's documentary, “We the People: Expanding Our Circle of Citizenship”, will take place Thursday, May 10 at San Juan Island Grange Hall on First Street in Friday Harbor. It will be followed by a lively discussion about Community Rights and the Rights of Nature with Jessica Simone of ...

Michelle Holman's activism began many years ago at the University of Oregon during the Vietnam War. Today she is founder of Community Rights Lane County, a nonprofit group that's focused on social justice and the environment. The group has urged lawmakers to ban the aerial spraying of herbicides in ...

We must become activists and support petitions to stop the harm, save our health and protect the environment for future generations. We need to get educated: Watch We The People 2.0 at 6:30 p.m. today at Farr Library, 1939 61st Ave. in Greeley. We must take action: Support community rights or sign the ...

The community forest resource (CFR) rights provision of the Act empowers forest-dwelling tribal communities to protect and manage forests. Community rights have been recognised in less than 3% of forests so far, says Community Forest Rights—Learning and Advocacy Group, a coalition of organisations.

"But in this case the court launched an investigation to see if the authority had allowed villagers to participate in the decision-making process regarding the permits, to see if there was any violation of their community rights. "The court recognised the conflict in the community [and acted correctly]. "This will set ...

Your support of the N.H. Community Rights Amendment CACR19 may not line the pockets of powerful corporations. But the rewards will come in the form of healthier children, abundant natural resources and the kind of communities that attract business and tourists to beautiful New Hampshire.

They say it's the first community rights constitutional amendment to reach a state legislature. "If we've learned anything from prior people's movements, it's that fundamental change comes from persistent, unrelenting pressure," Sanborn says. The legislature isn't their only option to push the proposal in New ...

Colita community's rights have been violated. I think you will remember that no person who lives in South African should feel unsafe and that is exactly what the acts of this criminal have done to all those who are victims. 8 mins ago. In response to the letter entitled Human rights violation in Colita – justice system has failed ...

Michelle Sanborn, the president and coordinator of the New Hampshire Community Rights Network who also represents the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, holds a copy of the New Hampshire Constitution, which forms the basis for rights-based ordinances. Sanborn, a resident of ...

The groups pushing for the ban, including Community Rights Lane County and the Lane County Freedom From Aerial Herbicides Alliance, plan to appeal Rasmussen's ruling to the Oregon Court of Appeals. “The chief petitioners will appeal the decision they see as an illogical, possibly unconstitutional ...

Even though the 2017 Constitution has weakened these rights, people still had an awareness of their community rights and knowledge that legal rights could be invoked to guarantee their participation in planning, survey and decision-making. The 2,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Thepa district in ...

Sharing these sentiments is Ellen Read, NH Representative of Rockingham District 17 and the proposer of CACR 19, which goes to floor debate this coming week: “I truly hope my colleagues join me in supporting the Community Rights Amendment because it means doing exactly what we came to Concord ...

JAMMU: To further strengthen the Yuva Rajput Sabha (YRS) and extend Legal Aid to the needy, Rajveer Singh, President of the Sabha, on Wednesday constituted its Legal Cell for State. Rohan Singh was nominated as President of Legal Cell, Arvind Jalmeria and Lakhan Partap Singh-Vice Presidents, ...

Community rights recognize the power of local communities to strengthen and expand rights protected by state and federal government. For us in Lafayette and Boulder County, that means strengthening and expanding our right to protect the environment, our community, our families and our lives. It's the ...

The public is invited to attend three community meetings about the impacts of and potential alternatives to aerial spraying practices in the Sky Valley. The series is being hosted by the Snohomish County Community Rights group that formed last year to “address a growing concern for massive toxic pesticide ...

But five months later, members of Freedom from Aerial Herbicides Alliance and Community Rights Lane County are locked in a legal battle against the very people to whom they expressed gratitude. This came after the county clerk decided the measure violated state law. With their aerial spray ban held up ...

This article sets out a summary of the community rights and powers introduced by the Localism Act 2011 and how they can be used by community groups. Community right to bid. The community right to bid allows community groups to apply to register assets of "community value" with the local authority.

Sharing these sentiments is Ellen Read, N.H. representative of Rockingham District 17 and the proposer of CACR19, which goes to floor debate this coming week: “I truly hope my colleagues join me in supporting the Community Rights Amendment because it means doing exactly what we came to Concord ...

There is a community rights movement in New Hampshire and across the Nation for cities and towns to act to protect their health, safety, and welfare through local ordinances. This is the right thing for EVERY town to do! Nottingham passed a Rights Based Ordinance in 2008 to ban commercial water ...