A/HRC/33/59 F. Summary of the previous two sessions and next steps 12. The Chair recalled the developments that had taken place during the previous two sessions and described the different meetings she had held with various stakeholders since the end of the second session, as conveyed during the informal consultation that had taken place on 27 April 2016. 13. The Chair stated that the second reading of the draft declaration would take place by blocks of articles. She asked participants to provide specific wording, if possible, in order to help improve the text. III. Panel discussion on the content of the draft declaration 14. Sue Longley (International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Association) stated that the declaration should accurately reflect the composition of the rural workforce. The specific concerns of waged workers, who did not own or rent the land they worked on, must be addressed. Ms. Longley maintained that one of the main challenges facing rural workers was with regard to freedom of association, recognized as early as 1921 in the Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 11) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Although that Convention had been widely ratified, agricultural workers did not have access to the protection of labour laws that was enjoyed by other workers. Ms. Longley expressed the view that the declaration reflected some of the ILO conventions covering rural workers, in particular articles 11, 15 and 16, but she thought that the Declaration could be reinforced with regard to wages (ILO Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 (No. 99), migrant workers and the social protection floor. She welcomed the paragraph on the right to work free from harassment. The declaration should also address the issue of forced and bonded labour. 15. Sofia Monsalve (FIAN International) stated that the declaration should address normative gaps in the protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, and reaffirm both individual and collective rights. In her view, normative gaps were most apparent in relation to the rights to land, seeds, and water for livelihoods. While the human right to land had largely been developed with regard to the rights of indigenous peoples, there was no similar protection for other vulnerable rural communities for whom access to land was equally essential to their survival. Similarly, although the rights to seeds and agricultural biodiversity had been developed in the Convention on Biological Diversity and in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the recognition of a human right to seeds would go further than those two frameworks in highlighting the relationship between human rights and nature and the importance of land and seeds for human dignity. The declaration should recognize community-based and customary water rights. 16. Elizabeth Mpofu (La Via Campesina (LVC)) said that displacement, criminalization and discrimination affecting peasants had increased significantly. Such violations were led mainly by capitalist interests and transnational companies. The declaration could provide a new tool for farmers to defend their lives and their land. She stated that the declaration should reflect the radical demands of LVC in defence of the rights to life, an adequate standard of living, land and territory, seeds, information, justice and equality between men and women. The current wording of articles 4, 6, 8-10, 12-13, 21 and 27-30 was adequate. However, there were some articles that required further work, such as articles 1-2, 5, 16, 18, 19, 22 and 25, which should better recognize the unique link between peasants, food and natural resources and clearly include the obligations of States. 5