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Interview: State of play of the UN process on TNCs and Human Rights

In this interview published in Terra Justa, Raffaele Morgantini of CETIM gives a comprehensive overview of the current state of play of the Binding Treaty negotiations at the United Nations.

Corporate capture of the UN Summit on Food Systems denounced at the UN

Press release Geneva, March 3, 2021: La Via Campesina and CETIM express their concerns about the corporate capture of agribusiness lobbies of the preparations for the UN Summit on Food Systems.

Systematic violence against peasant organizations in Colombia denounced at the UN

Press release Geneva, March 3rd, 2021 – “In Colombia, one social leader is killed every 41 hours”, denounce FENSUAGRO and the CETIM before the UN Human Rights Council.

Cheikh Anta Diop: live virtual event in French

The 13th book of the collection Pensées d’hier pour demain of the CETIM Cheikh Anta Diop, a collection of texts, will be presented at the virtual event organized by the GRILA (in French) Sunday, February 7, 2020 at 1pm Montreal, 6pm Dakar (UTC), 7pm Geneva

Julian Assange’s detention persists: Switzerland has to offer him asylum

The CETIM welcomes the decision of the British judge Vanessa Baraitser declaring that the health condition of Julian Assange, currently imprisoned in London, excludes the possibility of transferring him to the United States. This is an example of respect of the right to health, a subject that, for years, the CETIM has been advocating for.

Chevron’s Impunity in Ecuador: urgent Call from International Civil Society

In solidarity with tens of thousands of people affected by the biggest environmental disaster that has hit the Ecuadorian Amazon, more than 240 organizations, networks, movements, and unions –representing more than 285 million people internationally – are asking the government of Ecuador to appeal the arbitration award issued by the Dutch justice system in favor […]

India: unprecedented mobilization of workers and peasants

Press release Geneva, 15th December 2020 – Over the last two weeks, India has been the scene of an unprecedented general strike. According to some media reports, it is believed to be the largest mobilization in the history of mankind: a human river of 250 million people, workers and peasants, hand in hand, marching […]

Brazil: Environmental crimes and corporate impunity

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (45th session) In a previous statement during this session of the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on toxic waste, Mr. Tuncak, made clear recommendations, based on the manifest deficiency of national regulation on transnational corporates in Brazil, calling for independent investigations into abuses of power by these entities.

Elections in Bolivia: human rights violations and political persecution

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (45th session) Alarmed by information from our partners on the ground, a coalition of international and Latin American NGOs, of which CETIM is a member, recalled the worrying political situation in the country and urged the de facto government to put an end to the abuses and to guarantee access to justice […]