A/HRC/36/58
4 (bis) States should help prevent ‘biopiracy’ and take measures to protect traditional
knowledge and plant genetic resources/biodiversity from being appropriated and
misused for profit by companies, especially through the process of obtaining patents
on indigenous and local knowledge of peasants and other people working in rural
areas.
Article 21. Rights to water and to sanitation
Switzerland
Article 21 : Droit Droits à l’eau potable et à l’assainissement
Guatemala: reservation to the whole article and the parts indicated in brackets
Paragraph 1
EU
1.
Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the human rights to
safe and clean drinking water and to sanitation, which are essential for the full enjoyment of
life and all human rights. They also have the right to water supply systems and sanitation
facilities that are of good quality, affordable and physically accessible, and nondiscriminatory and acceptable in cultural and gender terms.
South Africa
1.
Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the human rights to safe and
clean drinking water and to sanitation, which are essential for the full enjoyment of life, and
all human rights, and human dignity. They also have the right to water supply systems and
sanitation facilities that are of good quality, affordable and physically accessible, and nondiscriminatory and acceptable in cultural and gender terms.
Paragraph 2
EU
2.
Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the right to water for
farming, fishing and livestock people persons and to securing other water-related
livelihoods. They have the right to equitable access to water and water management
systems, and to be free from arbitrary disconnections or the contamination of water
supplies.
Peru
2.
Los campesinos y otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales tienen derecho al
aprovechamiento del agua para la agricultura, la pesca y la ganadería y a asegurar otros
medios de subsistencia relacionados con el agua. Tienen derecho a un acceso equitativo al
agua y a los sistemas de gestión de los recursos hídricos, y a no sufrir cortes arbitrarios o
contaminación del suministro.
ILO and IUF
2.
Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to water for farming,
fishing and livestock keeping and to securing other water-related livelihoods. They have the
right to equitable access to water and water management systems, and to be free from
arbitrary disconnections or the contamination of water supplies. Rural workers have the
right to free, potable water at their place of work.
Chaudhry, expert
2.
Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to water for farming,
fishing and livestock keeping and to securing other water-related livelihoods. They have the
right to equitable access to water and water management systems, and to be free from
arbitrary disconnections, privatization of their water resources, or the contamination of
water supplies.
Paragraph 3
EU
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