Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un mondeHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 42nd session The IADL and the CETIM warmly welcome the report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. They express to him their deepest appreciation for highlighting the global crisis confronting workers due to their exposure to […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 42nd session The International Association of Democratic Lawyers and CETIM are concerned about the difficulties in establishing responsibilities and providing remedies to victims of violations perpetrated by private military and security companies. The two associations make an oral statement to the Human rights council. Read the statement in English
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On 25 January 2019, a new environmental crime occurred: the collapse of the Brumadinho dam, located in the state of Minas Gerais, owned by the multinational corporation VALE. More than 300 people died. Most of them were company employees who were eating in the canteen, the first building affected by the collapse. This disaster has […]
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In 2019, CETIM spoke several times during the plenary session of the Human Rights Council. In particular, to denounce the crackdown on yellow vests and to call on the Nigerian and Dutch authorities to honour their international commitments on human rights and labour rights. Yellow vests In its statement, CETIM asked the French government to […]
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CETIM is part of the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity. The Campaign expresses its deepest concern at the arrest of Julian Assange on April 11, 2019, at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. It calls on the UK government to demand his freedom and non-extradition to the United […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 40th session Oral statement by CETIM denouncing foreign political and economic interference in Venezuela. Read the statement in Spanish
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CETIM participated in the design, coordination, writing, editing, publishing and distribution of a publication entitled “The EU and the corporate impunity nexus. Building the UN binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights”. This survey was carried out with our partners: Les Amis de la Terre France, the Observatoire des multinationales and the Transnational Institute. […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 40th session CETIM calls on the Nigerian and Dutch authorities to honour their international commitments in the field of human and labour rights.
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 40th session Alarmed by the fierce repression against the movement of “yellow vests”, the CETIM referred the matter to the UN Human Rights Council.
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The adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and People Working in Rural Areas is not only a historic giant step forward in protecting the hundreds of millions of producers of our food.
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