RESPECT (45 points) REMEDY (10 points) 11) Rights holders and communities confirm that they were involved in the consultation and negotiation processes. 0 or 6 12) Rights holders and communities were given adequate time to make an informed decision regarding their stake in the investment. 0 or 6 13) Coercive and deceptive acts were not or are not being committed by the investor/company. 0 or 5 14) Sacred sites, and sites of religious, cultural, or educational significance, are respected and not desecrated by the investor/company. 0 or 5 15) Customary and indigenous knowledge, systems, and practices, are acknowledged and respected by the investor/company. 0 or 6 16) Food sovereignty, nutrition, or livelihood of the community, especially of vulnerable groups such as women, farmers, fisherfolk, forest dwellers, informal settlers, PWDs, whose rights to the land and resources may be affected, are not threatened by the investor/company. 0 or 5 17) The unity of the concerned communities, and cohesion of members of the communities, are not divided or challenged by the investor/company. 0 or 6 18) No community leader or member was physically and psychologically harmed, or harassed legally/criminalized by the investor/company. 0 or 6 19) The investing company has available, accessible, and user-friendly grievance mechanisms. 0 or 5 20) Communities displaced by the investor/company were provided with safe relocation, just compensation, restitution, and/or rehabilitation. 0 or 5 TOTAL /100 References: Asian Development Bank (ADB). (25 October 2017). Strong Asian Intraregional Trade and Investment Improve Economic Resilience. Retrieved from https://www.adb.org/news/strongasian-intraregional-trade-and-investment-improve-economic-resilience ASEAN Secretariat. (January 2008). ASEAN Economic Blueprint. Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat. Retrieved from http://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/archive/5187-10.pdf Cox, R. (2 February 2018). New data reveals 197 land and environmental defenders murdered in 2017. Global Witness. Retrieved from https://www.globalwitness.org/fr/blog/new-datareveals-197-land-and-environmental-defenders-murdered-2017/ Global Witness. (n.d.). [Website]. Retrieved from https://www.globalwitness.org/en/ Ravanera, R. and Gorra, V. (2011). Commercial pressures on land in Asia: An overview. Rome: ILC and IFAD. Retrieved from http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/Commercial%20 pressures%20on%20land%20in%20Asia.pdf Ravanera, R. and Quitangon, G. (2014). Principles of responsible agricultural investments: Philippines’ Multi-stakeholders Input to Committee on World Food Security. Philippines Development Forum. Retrieved from http://www.angoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ VGGT-and-RAI.pdf_web.pdf UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. (n.d.). The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: An Introduction. Retrieved from https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ Issues/Business/Intro_Guiding_PrinciplesBusinessHR.pdf UNCTAD. (2018). World Investment Report 2018: Investment and New Industrial Policies. Geneva: United Nations. Retrieved from http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/wir2018_en.pdf Quizon, A. (2019) In defense of land rights: a monitoring report on land conflicts in six Asian countries. Quezon City: ANGOC. 98 Upholding Land Rights amidst the Land Rush