CCPR/C/132/D/2552/2015 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 21 September 2022 English Original: Spanish Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2552/2015*, **, *** Communication submitted by: Benito Oliveira Pereira and Lucio Guillermo Sosa Benega, on their own behalf and that of the other members of the Campo Agua’ẽ indigenous community of the Ava Guarani people (represented by the organizations Paraguayan Human Rights Coordinating Committee and Base Investigaciones Sociales) Alleged victims: The authors and the other members of the Campo Agua’ẽ indigenous community State party: Paraguay Date of communication: 30 September 2014 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 26 January 2015 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 14 July 2021 Subject matter: Crop fumigation with agrochemicals and its effects on an indigenous community Procedural issue: Exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Right to an effective remedy; right to freedom from arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy, family or home; protection of minorities Articles of the Covenant: 2 (3), 17 and 27 Article of the Optional Protocol: 5 (2) (b) * Adopted by the Committee at its 132nd session (28 June–23 July 2021). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim, Yadh Ben Achour, Arif Bulkan, Mahjoub El Haiba, Furuya Shuichi, Carlos Gómez Martínez, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Soh Changrok, Kobauyah Tchamdja Kpatcha, Hélène Tigroudja, Imeru Tamerat Yigezu and Gentian Zyberi. *** A joint opinion by Committee members Arif Bulkan, Vasilka Sancin and Hélène Tigroudja (concurring) and a joint opinion by Committee members Photini Pazartzis and Gentian Zyberi (partially dissenting) are annexed to the present Views. GE.22-15010(E) 151122 151122