«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.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 56th session 26 July – 13 August 2004 [Excerpt from the statement] Despite the declarations of good intentions by the leaders of transnational corporations in favour of good governance and ethical rules in business management, it is clear that their harmful practices have hardly changed. Human […] COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 60th session 15 March – 23 April 2004 Read the CETIM’s written statement 1. Already more than a century ago, at the 1889 Inter-American Conference in Washington, a proposal was made that Latin American countries integrate their economies into that of the United States. This project, which included a customs union, […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 59th session 17 March – 25 April 2003 Read the CETIM’s written statement At a time when international attention is focusing on the imminence of a war against Iraq, other serious conflicts have just been put into the background. This is the notorious case of Columbia, a country that suffers from a […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 59th session 17 March – 25 April 2003 Read the CETIM’s written statement The right to health is recognised in numerous international instruments on human rights. It is also recognised that the achievement of the right to health is closely related to and dependent upon the realization of other human rights, in […] SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 54th session 29 July – 16 August 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] Imposed by the triumvirate (World Bank, IMF and WTO) – which spearhead the neoliberal economic system – trade liberalisation and privatisation in all sectors of human activity are having tragic consequences for the majority […]
Transnational corporations: examples of human rights violations
FTAA dangers and the urgent necessity of an alternative for development
Threats over the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples in Columbia
Realisation of the Right to health
Report on globalisation, the impact of transnational corporations and the right to drinking water
