Fishery Workers

Report of the Special Rapporteur on fishery workers and the right to food (A/HRC/40/56)

Following the interim report devoted to the rights of agricultural workers and the paradoxical challenge they face in realizing their right to food (A/73/164), this report similarly focuses on two aspects of fishery workers’ rights: first, the report details the essential role that fishery workers play in contributing to the food security and nutrition of others, thus enabling the greater realization of the right to food. Second, the report discusses the unique barriers that fishery workers face to the enjoyment of their own human rights, specifically the right to food, with special attention to vulnerable groups of fishery workers, including women, children, migrants, and indigenous and coastal communities. Finally, the report will focus on the obligations of States under international legal frameworks and the potential contribution of the private sector, international and regional organizations as well as consumers to enable the realization of the right to food of fishery workers in a changing global food system.

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