A/HRC/39/67
Article 14
EU
1.
Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas, irrespective of whether
they are temporary, seasonal or migrant workers, have the rights to work in safe and healthy
conditions, to participate in the application and review of safety and health measures, to
select safety and health representatives and representatives in safety and health committees,
to measures to prevent, reduce and control hazards and risks, to have access to adequate and
appropriate protective clothing and equipment and to adequate information and training on
occupational safety, to work free from violence and harassment, including sexual
harassment, to report unsafe and unhealthy working conditions, and to remove themselves
from danger resulting from their work activity when they reasonably believe that there is an
imminent and serious risk to their safety or health, without being subject to any workrelated retaliation for exercising such rights.
2.
Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the right not to use or
to be exposed to hazardous substances or toxic chemicals, including agrochemicals or
agricultural or industrial pollutants.
3.
States shall take appropriate measures, in accordance with relevant ILO
conventions, the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises, the UN Guiding
Principles, the OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains,
the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and General
Comment No. 24 on State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities (CESCR), to protect
the above-mentioned rights for the safety and health at work of peasants and other people
persons working in rural areas, and shall in particular designate 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.
ILO
1.
Peasants and other people working in rural areas, irrespective of whether they are
temporary, seasonal or migrant workers, have the rights to work in safe and healthy
conditions, to participate in the application and review of safety and health measures, to
select safety and health representatives and representatives in safety and health committees,
to the implementation of measures to prevent, reduce and control workplace hazards and
risks, to have access to adequate and appropriate protective clothing and equipment and to
adequate information and training on occupational safety, to work free from violence and
harassment, including sexual harassment, to report unsafe and unhealthy working
conditions without fear of reprisal, and to remove themselves from danger resulting from
their work activity when they reasonably believe that there is an imminent and serious risk
to their safety or health, without being subject to any work-related retaliation for exercising
such rights.
Article 15
EU
1.
Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the right to adequate
food and the fundamental right to be free from hunger. This includes the right to produce
food and the right to adequate nutrition, which guarantee the possibility of enjoying the
highest degree of physical, emotional and intellectual development.
2.
States shall ensure that peasants and other people persons working in rural areas
enjoy physical and economic access at all times to sufficient and adequate food that is
produced and consumed sustainably and equitably, respecting their cultures, preserving
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