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The Fundamental Rights of Small-Scale Fishers and Their Communities in International Jurisprudence

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The fundamental rights of small-scale fishers and their communities are founded in core instruments, principles, and standards of international human rights law. Despite this foundation, only over the past decade has the international community begun giving attention and recognition to the human rights law and fisheries law nexus. Small-scale fishers and their communities are entitled to human, fishing, and tenure rights, which are fundamental to their livelihoods, subsistence, and culture. This chapter examines the applicability of human rights treaties to small-scale fishers, clarifies their fundamental rights, and further analyses relevant international jurisprudence. It argues that the examined jurisprudence can be used to support the protection of fundamental rights of small-scale fishers and their communities, as well as their right to participate in decision-making processes concerning development activities and fisheries management, which directly affect them. This chapter concludes by reflecting on questions for future research.

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    The references to the I/ACHR cases and specific paragraphs of the judgements can be found in Table 3.3.

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The author wishes to thank the co-editors of this book, Profs. Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft, for the opportunity to write this chapter. The author is grateful to Prof. Jentoft and the two reviewers Dr. Endalew L. Enyew and Dr. Arron N. Honniball for their valuable and insightful comments made on the earlier versions of this chapter.

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Nakamura, J. (2024). The Fundamental Rights of Small-Scale Fishers and Their Communities in International Jurisprudence. In: Nakamura, J., Chuenpagdee, R., Jentoft, S. (eds) Implementation of the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines . MARE Publication Series, vol 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56716-2_3

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