A/HRC/13/32 3. Peasants (women and men) have the right to toil and own the non-productive state land on which they depend for their livelihood. 4. Peasants (women and men) have the right to safe water and adequate sanitation. 5. Peasants (women and men) have the right to water for irrigation and agricultural production in sustainable production systems controlled by local communities. 6. Peasants (women and men) have the right to manage the water resources in their region. 7. Peasants (women and men) have the right to support, by way of facilities, technology and funds, from the state to manage the water resources. 8. Peasants (women and men) have the right to manage, conserve, and benefit from the forests. 9. Peasants (women and men) have the right to reject all kinds of land acquisition and conversion for economic purpose. 10. Peasants (women and men) have the right to security of tenure and not to be forcibly evicted from their lands and territories. 11. Peasants (women and men) have the right to agricultural land that can be irrigated to ensure food sovereignty for growing population. 12. Peasants (women and men) have the right to benefit from land reform. Latifundia must not be allowed. Land has to fulfil its social function. Land ceilings to land ownership should be introduced whenever necessary in order to ensure an equitable access to land. 13. Peasants (women and men) have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions, while retaining their right to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State. Article V Right to seeds and traditional agricultural knowledge and practice 1. Peasants (women and men) have the right to determine the varieties of the seeds they want to plant. 2. Peasants (women and men) have the right to reject varieties of the plant which they consider to be dangerous economically, ecologically, and culturally. 3. Peasants (women and men) have the right to reject the industrial model of agriculture. 4. Peasants (women and men) have the right to conserve and develop their local knowledge in agriculture, fishing, livestock rearing. 5. Peasants (women and men) have the right to use the agriculture, fishing, livestock rearing facilities. 6. Peasants (women and men) have the right to choose their own products, varieties, amount, quality and the ways of farming, fishing, livestock rearing, individually or collectively. 7. Peasants (women and men) have the right to use their own technology or the technology they choose guided by the principle of protecting human health and environmental conservation. 29