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.
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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;
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