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DefendBio Legal Clinic Submission on Agri-business, Food Security and Human Rights to the UN Working Group on Business & Human Rights

Ituarte-Lima, Claudia LU ; Cortes Medina, Paola Estefania ; Alagh, Drishti ; Nardi, Maria Andrea LU orcid and Fulgencio, Aline (2026)
Abstract
In this submission, we show the role of pollinators in sustainable food production, food security, and human rights, and the negative impact of agribusiness commercialized pesticides on pollinators and on a wide range of human rights. We identify the role of judicial and nonjudicial mechanisms in preventing these pesticides’ impacts as well as on access to justice, including remedy. Ultimately, we argue that preventing business-related human-rights abuses in the food sector requires more than regulatory oversight and judicial intervention; it requires support for a transition toward alternative approaches -such as biological control, agroecological practices, and integrated pest management- that would reduce reliance on synthetic chemicals... (More)
In this submission, we show the role of pollinators in sustainable food production, food security, and human rights, and the negative impact of agribusiness commercialized pesticides on pollinators and on a wide range of human rights. We identify the role of judicial and nonjudicial mechanisms in preventing these pesticides’ impacts as well as on access to justice, including remedy. Ultimately, we argue that preventing business-related human-rights abuses in the food sector requires more than regulatory oversight and judicial intervention; it requires support for a transition toward alternative approaches -such as biological control, agroecological practices, and integrated pest management- that would reduce reliance on synthetic chemicals while maintaining crop productivity. Reparations of human rights abuses in the food sector should aim at a systemic transformation of food systems, agricultural
production, and associated value chains. (Less)
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Pollinators, Human rights, Agribusiness, Food security, Pesticides, Agroecology, Mänskliga rättigheter, Jordbruksnäringen, Livsmedelssäkerhet
pages
10 pages
publisher
Minority Rights Group International & Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
project
Biosphere Defenders Leveraging Legal and Governance Tools for Just Sustainability Transformations
Environmental Human Rights Defenders – Change Agents at the Crossroads of Climate change, Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation
language
English
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yes
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Submission to Working Group on Business & Human Rights to inform the 2026 report on agri-business, food seciruty and human rights, to the HRC (The Human Rights Council).
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62bc0259-f6c9-4c91-815a-d8b71ef7cfb4
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https://rwi.lu.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SubmissionDefendbioPesticidesNov2025.pdf
https://rwi.lu.se/publications/defend-bio-legal-clinic-submission-on-agri-business-food-security-and-human-rights-to-the-un-working-group-on-business-and-human-rights/
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2026-02-06 18:02:16
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2026-02-11 09:25:14
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  author       = {{Ituarte-Lima, Claudia and Cortes Medina, Paola Estefania and Alagh, Drishti and Nardi, Maria Andrea and Fulgencio, Aline}},
  keywords     = {{Pollinators; Human rights; Agribusiness; Food security; Pesticides; Agroecology; Mänskliga rättigheter; Jordbruksnäringen; Livsmedelssäkerhet}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Minority Rights Group International & Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law}},
  title        = {{DefendBio Legal Clinic Submission on Agri-business, Food Security and Human Rights to the UN Working Group on Business & Human Rights}},
  url          = {{https://rwi.lu.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SubmissionDefendbioPesticidesNov2025.pdf}},
  year         = {{2026}},
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