standards on this issue, with full respect for human rights, and specifically the rights of the Miskito people. Inspections on land and at sea will be aimed at ensuring compliance with the full range of labor obligations, with special consideration for the safety and health of workers engaged in particularly hazardous activities. Inspections shall include, at a minimum, aspects related to the prevention of accidents and illnesses, supervision of working hours and remuneration of overtime, vacations and rest periods, measures to avoid forced labor and other forms of contemporary slavery, anti-discrimination measures, and measures to prevent work accidents, as well as to provide appropriate compensation in case they occur. C.2.4. Safe Fishing Certification Program 137. In the friendly settlement agreement, the State agreed to the following: Within two years from the signing of this agreement, the State, through its competent institutions, will establish a Safe Fishing Certification Program, incorporating the fair trade standards issued by the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers (CLAC) and the Fairtrade International System, which will be developed with the support of the Alliance for the Development of the Honduran Mosquitia (ADMH). The Program, operated by the State, will verify the conditions of fishing and industrialization of marine products extracted through the practice of diving, and when it is demonstrated that such exploitation was carried out in compliance with current regulations and without risk to divers, it will issue a Safe Fishing Certification to the vessel. The accreditation will be issued by DIGE-PESCA which, prior to granting said certification, will confirm that it meets the current legal requirements, which shall be accredited by the following institutions in order: Ministry of Health, Honduran Institute of Vocational Training (INFOP), General Directorate of the Merchant Navy (DGMM), Ministry of Labor and Social Security (STSS) and the DIGE-PESCA. The requirements to be met will include: physical and mental health of the divers, divers’ assistants (oarsmen in dug-out canoes) and personnel in general; safe diving course, maritime safety and work skills. Their purpose is to ensure the right to integrity and the right to life of all personnel engaged in dive fishing and to prevent future accidents at work. Regarding the employers, the conditions of their vessels will be certified and supervised to guarantee respect for the rights of their employees. The associations of Miskito divers may challenge any certification that they consider has been granted in contravention of the applicable norms, and for this action they will not be required to demonstrate special legal status. The operation of this program shall be subject to the strictest standards of transparency. 138. On this matter, the Court notes that the “Permanent Program for the Control and Supervision of Dive Fishing” and the “Safe Fishing Certification Program” are aimed at verifying a) the application of the regulations on underwater fishing, b) the employers’ compliance with their labor obligations, and c) the fishing and industrialization processes of the products extracted. In this regard, the Court requires that, in addition to implementing those plans, the State must adapt the fishing regulations, establishing the obligation of fishing companies to adopt human rights policies, due diligence processes and processes to remedy human rights violations, in consideration of the standards previously indicated in this judgment (supra paras. 42 to 52). The Court further stipulates that the State must establish that it is the responsibility of the companies to certify their vessels and to finance the official oversight mechanisms. 48

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