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spiralling crisis before it morphs into full-blown social unrest. Early warning
mechanisms aimed at monitoring the entire set of economic and social rights should be
put in place to prevent more suffering.
122.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government of Zimbabwe:
(a)
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights;
(b)
Ratify all International Labour Organization conventions relevant to
workers in the agricultural and food production sectors, including plantation workers,
and ensure their effective implementation;
(c)
Honour its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women by taking immediate action to implement
principles that protect the livelihood of rural women and eliminate their vulnerability,
and support women farmers with incentives, access to credit and other productive
sources;
(d)
Implement the various voluntary guidelines of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations to revise the national agricultural and food policies
such as the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to
Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security, the Voluntary Guidelines on
the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of
National Food Security and the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture
and Food Systems;
(e)
Establish security of land tenure to prevent forced evictions of farmers;
(f)
Create policies that support urban and peri-urban agriculture;
(g)
Ensure the proper functioning of the Human Rights Commission in
accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the
promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), and allocate
budgetary and human resources for the effective implementation of all human-rights
policies, including the right to food;
(h)
Enact binding legislation introducing due diligence mechanisms to allow
affected individuals and communities to hold accountable the private sector, including
all supply chain enterprises that profit from the human rights abuses;
(i)
Enact legislation to limit the excessive and dangerous use of toxic
agrochemicals, providing for appropriate sanctions for those who break the law and
adequate compensation for persons affected, together with implementation monitoring
systems;
(j)
Improve the human rights protection for informal agricultural workers,
especially women and girls, peasants, certain minorities suffering discrimination, those
living in remote areas, and migrant workers without citizenship rights;
(k)
Support small-scale farmers and producers, particularly women and
young people, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, and pastoralists, by ensuring fair access
to land and other productive resources and by continuing the Presidential Agricultural
Input Support Scheme;
(l)
Revise and restructure the Targeted Command Agriculture programme
to include an effective monitoring system to avoid unnecessary burdens on the budget;
(m) Continue targeted food subsidies in times of emergency to lower food
prices for vulnerable groups, and subsidize more diverse and nutritious foods, in order
to address hunger and malnutrition throughout the country;
(n)
Continue to cooperate with international humanitarian agencies and
donor countries to provide an equitable and transparent distribution of food and
humanitarian assistance;
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