securing economic, social and cultural rights of small-scale and artisanal fisherworkers and fishing communities

Given the international consensus on achieving human rights, the paper stresses that committed action to realizing the human rights of fishing communities, as indeed of all vital, yet marginalized groups and communities, is really not a matter of choice. It is an obligation. The paper provides concrete proposals for securing social, economic and cultural rights of small-scale fishing communities. These proposals, in the main, seek the...