A/HRC/33/59 3. States shall seek to ensure meaningful participation, directly and/or through their representative organizations, of peasants and other people working in rural areas in decision-making processes with regard to scientific research and innovation, including participation in problem identification, priority- and direction-setting, resource allocation, data identification, research, resource allocation, analysis and interpretation of findings. 4. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to participate, as appropriate, directly and/or through their representative organizations, in the formulation of and in monitoring compliance with food safety, labour and environmental standards, whether by private or public actors. 5. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to seek, receive, develop and impart information, in conformity with law. 6. States shall ensure, as appropriate, that peasants and other people working in rural areas have access to information relating to policies, programmes and projects that may affect them, in a language and form and through means that ensure the effective participation of peasants and other people working in rural areas. European Union Article 7 Art 7 1-3. this is example of selective quoting of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; yes, these articles do apply to peasants but there is no need to repeat it, state it selectively, if it has been clearly stated in a chapeau text. If the text remains as it as, it sounds very odd in its current form and it should include wording to make clear that no one should be subject to these violations. Art 7.4. unclear where this languages come from, does it have a place (a-e) under a chapeau on life, liberty, physical and personal security? Article 9 Art 9.1. “choose freely place of residence” seems to ignore immigration laws. Art 9.4. unclear where language comes from, for the moment ask for deletion of last sentence of the paragraph. Article 10 Art 10.1. understand reference to tradition and culture but what if culture and tradition are themselves countering human rights (for example, when they propagate the exclusion of women in decision making processes?). Art 10.2. suggest edit of para to remove “individually or collectively”, same goes for 10.3; in this context inaccurate and would go beyond existing standards. Article 11 Art 11. this article is a lot more prescriptive than needed and should be brought in line with article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; or better still, as noted before, the Covenant should be referenced in chapeau in beginning. Article 12 Art 12.1. clarify – is this about public or private sector? 30