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The Urgency of Regulating Artificial Intelligence Against the Mirage of Private Self-Regulation

The “AI for Good” initiative, spearheaded by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), perfectly illustrates the desire of transnational private actors to lock down decision-making spaces by blocking any attempt at binding legislation. Under the guise of digital philanthropy, the ITU is being instrumentalized as a lever for “techno-solutionism” in order to impose private industrial standards […]

The ban on the World Social Forum in Benin: an offensive against social movements and popular resistance

Addendum According to the latest information, the Beninese government has finally changed its initial decision, granting belated authorisation for the 17th World Social Forum to be held from 6 to 9 August 2026. Whilst welcoming this positive decision, CETIM wishes to emphasise that this U-turn cannot, unfortunately, undo the impact of the obstructive measures deployed […]

Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°10

News from the UN Working Group on UNDROP: civil society consultation and first country visit Engaging UNDROP’s rights holders in the next thematic report of the Working Group Defending Peasants’ Rights continues to collaborate closely with the experts from the UN Working Group on UNDROP. In March 2026, we organised an online dialogue with the […]

Honduran peasant organizations denounce before the UN a legislative decree that legalizes land dispossession in favor of agribusiness

Presse Release Tegucigalpa, July 27, 2026 The National Center of Rural Workers (CNTC, Honduras), a member organization of the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC) – La Via Campesina, with the support of CETIM, has submitted an urgent complaint to several Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council to alert them to […]

Violations of agricultural workers’ rights in Cameroon’s sugar industry denounced at the UN

JOINT PRESS RELEASE CETIM – STRASCAS 14 July 2026 The Union of Seasonal Workers in the Haute Sanaga Sugar Cane Industry (STRASCAS) announces that, with the support of CETIM1, a complaint has been filed with several UN human rights protection mechanisms to address human rights violations committed against agricultural workers in Cameroon’s sugar industry, primarily […]

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The Urgency of Regulating Artificial Intelligence Against the Mirage of Private Self-Regulation

The ban on the World Social Forum in Benin: an offensive against social movements and popular resistance

Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°10

Honduran peasant organizations denounce before the UN a legislative decree that legalizes land dispossession in favor of agribusiness

Violations of agricultural workers’ rights in Cameroon’s sugar industry denounced at the UN

Lendemains solidaires – digital magazine

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