A/HRC/36/58 2. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right not to use or to be exposed to agro-chemicals, pesticides, or agricultural or industrial pollutants Paragraph 3 India 3. States shall take appropriate measures to protect the above-mentioned rights, and shall in particular designate an authority appropriate competent authorities responsible and establish mechanisms for intersectoral coordination, for the implementation of policies and enforcement of national laws and regulations on occupational safety and health in agriculture, the agro-industry and fisheries, provide for corrective measures and appropriate penalties, and establish and support adequate and appropriate systems of inspection for rural workplaces, in accordance with relevant instruments of the International Labour Organization. ILO 3. In accordance with relevant instruments of the International Labour Organization, States shall take appropriate measures to protect the above-mentioned rights, by establishing and maintaining a national system for occupational safety and health that covers all sectors, includes all workers in the rural economy, irrespective of their gender and employment status, and promotes a national preventive occupational safety and health culture. and shall iIn particular States shall designate an authority responsible and establish mechanisms for intersectoral coordination, for the implementation of policies and enforcement of national laws and regulations on occupational safety and health in agriculture, the agro-industry and fisheries, provide for corrective measures and appropriate penalties, and establish and support adequate and appropriate systems of inspection for rural workplaces, in accordance with relevant instruments of the International Labour Organization. Paragraph 4 Subparagraph (a) ILO: (a) ante The establishment and maintenance of a reporting system for recording and noting occupational accidents, diseases and dangerous injuries; (a) ante The development and operation of an occupational safety and health education and training system addressing the needs of the rural economy; (a) An appropriate national system or any other system approved by the competent authority establishing specific criteria for the importation, classification, packaging, distribution, and labelling and use of chemicals used in agriculture, and for their banning or restriction; Subparagraph (c) ILO (c) There is a suitable system for the tracking, safe collection, recycling and disposal of chemical waste, obsolete chemicals and empty containers of chemicals so as to avoid prevent their use for other purposes and to eliminate or minimize the risks to safety and health and to the environment; Subparagraph (d) ILO: additional sub-paragraphs (d) (bis) That systems are in place to: prohibit or restrict the use of certain hazardous processes or substances in agriculture; require advance notification and authorization before hazardous processes and substances are used; protect vulnerable workers by specifying whether and under what conditions such workers may be exposed to such processes or substances; 54

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