Resolution for the formation of the South Sudan Land Alliance

We,

Participants representing over 200 members of the 10 State Land Alliances in South Sudan assembled at Intra-Africa Hotel in Juba from 11th-13th September 2012,

CONVINCED that Land is by far the most important resource that South Sudanese have at their disposal;

APPRECIATING the efforts of the National Government in designing the Land Act 2009 and other land related legislations in the offing;

REALIZING the need to work together as citizens of one nation for the protection of land rights for all;

COGNIZANT of the cross-cutting concerns raised by the people of South Sudan during the recent Land Act dissemination exercise that covered over 60,000 people across the 10 States;
AWARE of the dire need for more awareness on the Land Act 2009; the need to operationalize land councils at various levels; need for land rights to top the agenda in the constitutional review process; need for improved processes of land dispute resolution in urban and rural areas; the need for increased protection of women’s land and property rights, and fulfillment of the land rights of vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities;

CONSCIOUS that land and resource rights are human rights as enshrined in local, regional and international human rights instruments;

HAVING discussed and generally agreed on common grounds for mutual cooperation of all members of State Alliances and other stakeholders interested in joining our cause;

UNITED by a common goal of ensuring land justice for all the people of South Sudan;

Hereby resolve to form a national umbrella, the South Sudan Land Alliance that will harmonize the efforts of all members in the various states into one national voice for the realization of land rights for all the people of South Sudan.

We entrust our Taskforce elected today, with the duty of harmonizing our discussions and finalizing the structure of the South Sudan Land Alliance until the new leadership shall be elected by the General Assembly of members.

The South Sudan Land Alliance is therefore officially inaugurated by the RESOLUTION of the participants meeting here at Intra-Africa Hotel, 11 - 13 September 2012; and launched by:

Hon. Lado Lwoki Robert, Chairman, South Sudan Land Commission