1970-2020 : 50 ans de solidarité avec les mouvements sociaux !HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 45th session The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development presented his report on his visit to Switzerland at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council. CETIM intervened during the debate that followed this presentation to express its concerns.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development presented his report on his visit to Switzerland at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council. CETIM intervened during the debate that followed this presentation to express its concerns.
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CETIM and its partners express their concerns about the new version of the treaty in the framework of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group in charge of negotiating the “legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with regard to human rights”.
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Switzerland played a key role during the negotiation of the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants. However, a study commissioned by several Swiss NGOs shows that its foreign policy leaves much to be desired in this area.
Continue readingPress release Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: Switzerland must harmonize foreign policy and international commitments Lucerne, Bern, and Geneva, August 27, 2020 – The paradox is striking: peasants, the world’s main food providers, are the first to suffer from hunger and extreme poverty in many countries. Aware of this situation, the United Nations adopted […]
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CETIM and its partners have seized the human rights protection mechanisms of the United Nations to denounce the impunity of the perpetrators of the Sacaba and Senkata massacres.
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 44th Session CETIM is pleased to note that the analyses of Mr. Pūras are in line with ours, developed over many years on this fundamental right. As the Rapporteur rightly points out, it is essential today to identify the major determinants of physical and mental health in poverty and inequalities between and […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 44th session CETIM is deeply concerned about the causes of poverty: a multidimensional problem that cuts across all human rights issues. It is indeed essential to tackle poverty well beyond the simple lack of monetary resources. Poverty encompasses the lack of access to health care, decent housing, sufficient and quality food, water, […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 44th session Much has been said about the importance of UNGPs as a landmark in the search for mechanisms to hold TNCs accountable for human rights violations.
Continue readingThe CETIM bulletin is published twice a year
In the June 2020 newsletter: an article entitled “Human Rights in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic”. It is followed by an article on the decision of the Human Rights Committee which recognized Colombia’s responsibility in the assassination of a trade unionist. Next, you will find a summary of the statements made by the CETIM during the 43rd session of the CodH, an article on Swiss foreign policy in the alder of the declaration on the rights of peasants.
