The Use of Pesticides is “A Global Human Rights Concern”— Pesticide Application Affects the Occupational Safety and Health and the Access to A Healthy Environment of Agricultural Workers
(2022) JAMM07 20221Faculty of Law
Department of Law
- Abstract
- In a working world faced with technological innovation, rampant viruses, environmental and climate change, and a volatile global political situation, agricultural workers face the continuing dual human rights dilemma of occupational health and safety and access to a healthy environment. More than a third of the world's working population is engaged in agriculture, which plays a vital role in developing and emerging economies and developed countries. Agriculture is one of the most dangerous sectors to work in, and pesticide exposure significantly contributes to human rights violations for agricultural workers and their families and people living near farms. The first principle of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development... (More)
- In a working world faced with technological innovation, rampant viruses, environmental and climate change, and a volatile global political situation, agricultural workers face the continuing dual human rights dilemma of occupational health and safety and access to a healthy environment. More than a third of the world's working population is engaged in agriculture, which plays a vital role in developing and emerging economies and developed countries. Agriculture is one of the most dangerous sectors to work in, and pesticide exposure significantly contributes to human rights violations for agricultural workers and their families and people living near farms. The first principle of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development states: "Human beings are at the center of sustainable development. They have the right to enjoy a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature." However, agricultural workers still fall short of the declaration's goals. Guaranteeing the rights of agricultural workers is essential to a sustainable working world where no one is left behind.
This paper explores how pesticide use and exposure affect agricultural workers' occupational health and safety and how the negative impacts of pesticides, including on soil, water resources, air, and biodiversity, affect agricultural workers' access to a healthy environment. It identifies the role of existing legal frameworks of international human rights treaties, the International Labour Organization conventions, and environmental conventions in protecting the human rights of agricultural workers. Against this international legal framework, China’s domestic legal system is presented and analyzed for its adequacy in protecting occupational health and safety and the access to a healthy environment from pesticides application for agricultural workers. This follows by an examination of the inadequacies of Chinese domestic law and recommendations and suggestions on how it can better fulfill its obligations under international conventions to better protect agricultural workers. (Less)
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- author
- Peng, Yuqin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- JAMM07 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- agriculture, pesticides, agricultural workers, human rights, occupational health and safety, the access to a healthy environment, China.
- language
- English
- id
- 9087758
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-14 09:41:16
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abstract = {{In a working world faced with technological innovation, rampant viruses, environmental and climate change, and a volatile global political situation, agricultural workers face the continuing dual human rights dilemma of occupational health and safety and access to a healthy environment. More than a third of the world's working population is engaged in agriculture, which plays a vital role in developing and emerging economies and developed countries. Agriculture is one of the most dangerous sectors to work in, and pesticide exposure significantly contributes to human rights violations for agricultural workers and their families and people living near farms. The first principle of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development states: "Human beings are at the center of sustainable development. They have the right to enjoy a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature." However, agricultural workers still fall short of the declaration's goals. Guaranteeing the rights of agricultural workers is essential to a sustainable working world where no one is left behind.
This paper explores how pesticide use and exposure affect agricultural workers' occupational health and safety and how the negative impacts of pesticides, including on soil, water resources, air, and biodiversity, affect agricultural workers' access to a healthy environment. It identifies the role of existing legal frameworks of international human rights treaties, the International Labour Organization conventions, and environmental conventions in protecting the human rights of agricultural workers. Against this international legal framework, China’s domestic legal system is presented and analyzed for its adequacy in protecting occupational health and safety and the access to a healthy environment from pesticides application for agricultural workers. This follows by an examination of the inadequacies of Chinese domestic law and recommendations and suggestions on how it can better fulfill its obligations under international conventions to better protect agricultural workers.}},
author = {{Peng, Yuqin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Use of Pesticides is “A Global Human Rights Concern”— Pesticide Application Affects the Occupational Safety and Health and the Access to A Healthy Environment of Agricultural Workers}},
year = {{2022}},
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