Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate

AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE

Situation of human rights in Bahrain

Because I got full rights to them woods.

17 15 18 00 Introduction to Field Trips (Küchli)

Acknowledging the recent completion of the Forest Concession Review and welcoming the report of the Forest Concession Review Committee,

12 15 12 45 Introduction to Working Groups (Blaser)

1997 2. Situation of human rights in Bahrain

(iii) Report of the Ad hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate

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(iii) Reports of the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

(decision 1 CP.1, the Berlin Mandate ).

With regard to community land and forest rights, forest management should be devolved to community control community land and forest ownership should be legalized criteria and indicators for certification should be strengthened and markets should be designed that recognize local rights.

FDA remains in place, auditing concessionaires' forestry practices and tax assessments.

Recalling also the work of the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate,

(b) The Berlin Mandate process taking stock and intensifying efforts

B. The Berlin Mandate process taking stock and intensifying efforts

1997 2 Situation of human rights in Bahrain, paragraph 3

comments from Parties

and Add.1 from Parties

LIST OF DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN

To prepare reflections and proposals for the consideration of the United Nations Forum on Forests related to decentralization, federal centralized systems of forestry, and their implications for nfps.

Considering that the present Covenant affirms the rights of the child in the provisions of the Islamic Shari a , taking into account the domestic laws of states and the rights of children of minorities and non Muslim communities, in affirmation of the human rights shared by the Muslim and non Muslim child,

The State of Bahrain is not a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The Berlin Mandate agreed by the first Conference of the Parties is the basis for considerable efforts under way in the Ad hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate (AGBM).

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Islam gives men the right to take more than one wife, a right which cannot be given to women.

In many countries, Governments have already recognized ancestral domain claims and the legitimate rights of forest dependent people, and have strengthened community forest tenure or created new opportunities for community management.

To date, uneven success has been achieved with decentralization in the forest sector.

DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE AT ITS SIXTH SESSION

DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE AT ITS SEVENTH SESSION

DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE AT ITS SEVENTH SESSION

5. Furthermore, Article 1.1(c) and (d) of the Berlin Mandate state that

Forest ownership in the US is diverse it includes extensive private forests, federally managed forests and public forests managed by state and local governments as well as forests owned by native Indian tribes.12

In addition, there should be emphasis on another key area of concern for the sector, besides deforestation and forest degradation, namely, the lack of recognition of indigenous peoples and communities that live in and depend on forests.

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Another important factor is changing forest ownership and management and what this means for decision making on forests.

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REPORT OF THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE ON THE

REPORT OF THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE

REPORT OF THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE ON THE WORK OF ITS SIXTH SESSION,

Documents before the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate at its sixth session 9

REPORT OF THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE ON THE WORK OF ITS SEVENTH SESSION,