1970-2020 : 50 ans de solidarité avec les mouvements sociaux !
by Grégory Lassalle and Vincent Espagne The CETIM pays tribute to Vincent Espagne who passed away at the end of October 2019. Vincent Espagne co-wrote the book “La passion du schiste. Capitalisme, démocratie, environnement en Argentine”, with Grégory Lassalle. Together, they carried out a year-long study in Argentina to analyse how the country made the […]
Continue readingLast September, CETIM issued Declarations on various themes during the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council. Below are some extracts : Examination of the Report by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development CETIM agrees with the Special Rapporteur that the effective implementation of the Right to Development requires above all respect for sovereignty […]
Continue readingOn the 6th of November last, during the 34th session of the UN Universal Periodic Review, the CETIM organised a parallel conference on the theme of poverty and human rights violations in Madagascar. The Malagasy population is among the poorest in the world. The inhabitants, the majority of whom live in rural areas, live on […]
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The 5th session of the UN intergovernmental working group in charge of drafting a binding treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs) took place in Geneva from 14th-18th October 2019. The working group got to down to business with a presentation of the revised version of the draft treaty by the Presidency, held/carried […]
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A compilation of texts introduced by Laroussi Amri in the CETIM Collection “Pensées d’hier pour aujourd’hui”. Born on 4 December 1899 and deceased on 7 December 1935, Tahar Haddad was a leading Tunisian thinker, trade unionist and political figure. As a long-time trade union activist, he founded the Economic Cooperation Association with Mohamed Ali El […]
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By Rémy Herrera and Zhiming Long Is China a capitalist country? This question is the title of a new release by French and Chinese economists. Is this title deliberately provocative? It is, but at the same time it overlaps with an increasingly common opinion: even though China was “communist”, it might now be “capitalist”. Furthermore, […]
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During its 20th session, held in Geneva from April 29 to May 3, the Intergovernmental Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council discussed the content and scope of the future legally-binding international instrument on the right to development. Historical review As a reminder, the right to development derives from the Declaration on the Right […]
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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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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.
Continue readingThe CETIM bulletin is published twice a year
In the December bulletin: working group on TNCs, visit to Switzerland of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, side-event on the theme of poverty and human rights violations in Madagascar, statements in the framework of the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council.
