A/HRC/36/58 Article 18. Right to a safe, clean and healthy environment EU Article 18. Right Access to a safe, clean and healthy environment Paragraph 1 EU 1. Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the right should have access to a safe, clean and healthy environment. Switzerland 1. Les paysans et les autres personnes travaillant dans les zones rurales ont droit à un environnement sûr, propre et sain. Les États adopteront un cadre normatif efficace pour assurer la jouissance d’un environnement sûr, propre, sain et durable, y compris pour ce qui est de la biodiversité et des écosystèmes. Paragraph 2 EU 2. Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the right to contribute to the conservation and protection of the environment and the productive capacity of their lands or territories and resources. States shall protect that right and take appropriate measures to ensure its full realization for peasants and other people working in rural areas, without discrimination. Guatemala: reservation 2. Los campesinos y otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales tienen derecho a la conservación y protección del medio ambiente y de la capacidad productiva de sus tierras [o territorios y recursos]. Los Estados protegerán ese derecho y adoptarán las medidas apropiadas para garantizar su plena efectividad a los campesinos y otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales, sin discriminación. Golay, expert 2. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to the conservation and protection of the environment and the productive capacity of their lands or territories and resources that they use, manage and control. States shall protect that right and take appropriate measures to ensure its full realization for peasants and other people working in rural areas, without discrimination. Paragraph 3 EU 3. States shall comply with their international obligations to combat climate change. Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the right to contribute to the design and implementation of national and local climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, including through the use of practices and traditional knowledge. Paragraph 4 EU 4. States shall take effective measures comply with their international obligations to ensure that no hazardous materials wastes or substances are stored or disposed of on the land or territories of peasants and other people persons working in rural areas without their free, prior and informed consent, and shall cooperate to address the threats to the enjoyment of their rights that result from transboundary environmental harm. Guatemala: reservation 4. Los Estados adoptarán medidas eficaces para garantizar que no se almacenen sustancias o materiales peligrosos ni se viertan en las tierras o territorios de los campesinos y de otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales sin su [consentimiento libre, previo e informado] y cooperarán para hacer frente a las amenazas al disfrute de sus derechos resultantes de los daños ambientales transfronterizos. 62

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