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Argentina: Mapuche Community presents a Referral to the UN to Denounce Persecution, Criminalization, and the Impact of Extractivism

JOINT PRESS RELEASE February 24, 2026 The Mapuche community of the Lof Pillañ Mahuiza (Patagonia, Argentina) announces that, with the support of CETIM, an organization holding consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a complaint has been submitted to several UN human rights protection mechanisms. The decision to bring the case […]

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Senegal: Energy sovereignty, a decolonial tool

Published in ‘Le Courrier’ on 3 February 2026 By Raffaele Morgantini, CETIM Representative to the UN Since 2024, Senegal has been seeking to assert its energy sovereignty by renegotiating the extractive contracts inherited from the previous neo-colonial regime. Its confrontation with Australian oil company Woodside Energy before an international arbitration tribunal illustrates the tension between […]

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Seed Sovereignty: Advancements and Setbacks in the Right to Seeds

published in December 2025 by defendingpeasantsrights.org A milestone victory for Kenyan peasants! In November, a milestone judicial victory for peasants took place in Kenya. As Karine Peschard explains in her article, the UNDROP provided an important legal leverage in a historic decision taken by the High Court of Kenya in favour of peasants’ right to […]

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When UN Experts Denounce the Criminalization of Peasant Struggles in France

Paris, Geneva, January 29, 2026. The Confédération Paysanne (Peasant Confederation) and CETIM welcome the position paper published on January 26 by several United Nations human rights experts*. These experts express their deep concern regarding the use of mass arrests, the criminalization of social movements, and the prosecution of peasants and union leaders in France. This […]

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Pax americana: war crimes and a spiral of violence in Syria

CETIM is extremely concerned by the recent developments in Syria. It reaffirms its support for the people, social movements, and other groups committed to building a democratic and sovereign Syria that respects the country’s ethnic and cultural diversity. For over 15 years, Syria has been caught up in a constant cycle of violence. The civil […]

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