«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
CETIM defends victims of human rights violations in the Global South. It supports their representatives in gaining access to and obtaining the intervention of the United Nations protection mechanisms, where required.
Several mechanisms can be activated at the United Nations to get concrete improvements on the ground, in particular the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Special Rapporteurs and the committees that monitor the implementation of the human rights treaties.
CETIM mainly works with peasant organizations, trade unions and organizations representing victims or communities affected by transnational corporations operations.
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 6th session, 2nd part December 10 – December 14, 2007 Read the CETIM’s written statement The question may seem absurd given that poverty limits the capacity of individuals to exercise their freedom, to enjoy their most fundamental rights, to live in dignity, and to take their place fully in society. How, for […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 6th session 10 September – 28 September 2007 Read the CETIM’s written statement Over the past four decades, Colombia has faced a dire social, political and armed conflict.1 In this context, it has to be noted that the numerous transnational corporations operating inside Colombia are somehow involved in the conflict, collaborating with […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5th session 11 June – 18 June 2007 Read the CETIM’s written statement The “ethanol partnership”, launched with great pomp and ceremony by the United States and Brazil on 9 March 2007, marks a new phase in the energy strategies of the great powers, just as does the decision by the European […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 4th session March 12–30, 2007 Read the CETIM’s written statement 1. On December 4th 1986, after several years of relentless work, the Declaration on the Right to Development was approved by the vast majority of States (146 out of 155 votes in favour, a dozen abstentions and one opposition, that of the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 61st session 14 March – 22 April 2005 [Excerpt from the statement] Although this report mentions violations committed by the coalition armed forces engaged in Iraq, it remains silent on the use of mercenaries and their consequences in this conflict. Furthermore, it takes at face value President Bush’s statement of 10 May […]
Is poverty a violation of human rights?
Human rights violations committed by transnational corporations in Colombia
Ethanol fuels are not a green energy and compete directly with the food needs of people!
The negotiations of the enlargement of ALBA offer a perspective of alternative regionalization to the neo liberal mondialization
Human rights situation in Iraq
