Human Rights

E-Pub and PDF “The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants”

To download the E-Pub: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants.epub To download the PDF: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants.pdf

E-Pub The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

To download the E-Pub: United Nations Declaratio on the Rights for our Common Future_FINAL To download the PDF: PDF_CETIMsBook_PeasantsRights_FINAL

UN HR Committee: Colombian State responsible for the assassination of a trade unionist

The United Nations Human Rights Committee declared the Colombian state responsible for violating the right to life and to an effective judicial remedy of a murdered trade unionist. This is an historic decision.

Webinar: The impact of unilateral coercive measures on the global fight against VIDOC-19

On 2 June 2020, Melik Özden, Director of the CETIM, was invited to participate in the webinar organised by the Permanent Missions of Belarus, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe to the United Nations in New York.

Economic sanctions and Covid-19 pandemic

Unilateral coercive measures continue to proliferate during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is all the more worrying in the context of a deep economic crisis which because of the pandemic is becoming more acute.

Covid-19 pandemic and human rights

Containment has demonstrated the importance of respect and effective implementation of all human rights.

Controlling epidemics? The WHO had the answer 40 years ago

For once, everyone agrees. The only way to deal effectively with Covid 19 is through comprehensive, equitable, universally accessible health systems.

Repression and persecution in Bolivia following the October 2019 elections

In October 2019, presidential elections were held in Bolivia to choose the country’s new president for the period 2020-2025.

Serious human rights violations in Chile

In October 2019, a massive protest movement began in Chile against a savage neoliberal model that widens social inequalities and disregards the democratic collective processes.

Brazil: the overwhelming report of the UN Special Rapporteur

STATEMENT Brazil: UN Special Rapporteur urges Government and multinationals to face up to their responsibility