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 67

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