Benito Oliveira Pereira et al v. Paraguay Reference : CCPR/C/132/D/2552/2015 Complaint date : September 30, 2014 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : International, Geneva Plaintiffs types : Local authorities Plaintiffs names : Benito Oliveira Pereira, Lucio Guillermo Sosa Benega on behalf of all the 201 Ava Guarani people of the Campo Agua’e indigenous community Defendants : State Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : No description Case nature : International Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Glyphosate, Paraquat, Chlorpyrifos, Endosulfan, Herbicide, Requests : Investigate all the facts, guaranteeing access to all stages and instances of the investigation, and punish all those responsible; adopt all necessary measures to ensure that similar events do not happen in the future; guarantee that the members of the community receive full and adequate reparation, including reimbursement of legal costs; agri-environmental recovery plans, access to drinking water... Name of the Court : Human Rights Commission of the United Nations of Geneva, International Jurisdiction level : Decision date : October 12, 2021 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : The UN Human Rights Committee found that Paraguay’s failure to prevent and control the toxic contamination of traditional lands, due to the intensive use of pesticides by nearby commercial farms, violates the indigenous community’s rights and sense of “home”. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : The indigenous community of Campo Agua'ẽ has suffered severe consequences from the fumigation of toxic pesticides by neighboring large commercial operations. After lengthy and unsatisfactory administrative and judicial process in Paraguay, the community brought their case to the Human Rights Committee. It further found that Paraguay did not adequately monitor the fumigation and failed to prevent contamination. It recommended that Paraguay complete the criminal and administrative proceedings against all the parties responsible, make full reparation to the victims, take all necessary measures, in close consultation with the community, to repair the environmental damage, and take steps to prevent similar violations from occurring in the future. It gives Paraguay 180 days to inform it of the measures adopted to implement the judgment. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Paraguay: Failing to prevent contamination violates indigenous people’s right to traditional lands - UN Human Rights Committee Paraguay failed to stop soy farms from poisoning Indigenous land, UN says