A/HRC/40/56
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 January 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fortieth session
25 February–22 March 2019
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Right to food
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food*
Summary
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), the present
report focuses on two aspects of fishery workers’ rights. First, it 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. Secondly, it 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 communities. Finally, it
focuses on the obligations of States under international legal frameworks and the
potential contribution of the private sector, international and regional organizations and
consumers to enabling the realization of the right to food of fishery workers in a
changing global food system.
* Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.19-01243(E)