A/HRC/39/67 ILO 1. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to the full enjoyment of all human rights recognized in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all other international human rights instruments, free from any kind of direct and indirect discrimination in the exercise of their rights based on any grounds such as origin, nationality and national extraction, race, colour, descent, sex, language, culture, marital status, property, disability, nationality, age, political or other opinion, religion, birth or economic, social or other status. 2. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies to exercise their right to development. 3. States shall take appropriate measures to eliminate conditions that cause or help to perpetuate discrimination, including multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, against peasants and people working in rural areas. CSRC I draw your attention to include the word after race ‘caste’ which is still prevalent in South Asia and due to this most of the dalits and indigenous peoples are deprived from the land. Article 4 South Africa 1. States … shall take all appropriate measures, including legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by peasant women and other women working in rural areas of all human rights and fundamental freedoms”. Another important area that needs to be reflected in the Declaration is the recognition and empowerment of women as contributors to food security and agricultural development. Brazil 2 (a) To participate equally and effectively in the formulation and implementation of development planning at all levels, considering the importance of empowering and increasing the participation of rural women in decision-making spaces in organizations and in politics. Colombia On paragraph 1, Colombia suggested the following addition Los Estados adoptarán todas las medidas apropiadas para erradicar todas las formas de discriminación de las campesinas y otras mujeres que trabajan en las zonas rurales a fin de asegurar que, sobre la base de la igualdad de género entre hombres y mujeres, estas disfruten plenamente y en condiciones de igualdad de todos los derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales y que libremente puedan perseguir su desarrollo económico, social, político y cultural, participar en él y aprovecharlo Holy See Suggested the deletion at Art.4.2.b of “information, counselling and family planning” that could include abortion and similar actions that are not in line with peasants’ interests Switzerland Suggested adding in 2.a “decision-making”, in 2.f “participate actively” and in 2.j add “and other harmful practices”. 30