CETIM declarations on economic, social and cultural rights

In the following pages, you will find CETIM’s English declarations to the UN on the theme of economic, social and cultural rights

 

Tayrona indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia)

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 22nd session 25 February – 22 March 2013 [Excerpt from the statement] There are many mamos (traditional authorities) and other members of our communities who have been disappeared, killed or displaced for maintaining a position of neutrality towards all the legal and illegal armed groups that dispute our sacred territory. Blood has […]

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Argentina: Human right to health

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 35th session June 2017 [Excerpt from the statement] In this regard, we are alarmed by the health situation in the plains region of Argentina. Our partners from the Regional Assemblies of Fumigated Villages, the Network of Doctors of Fumigated Villages and the Association of Environmental Lawyers informed us of the harmful impacts […]

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Violations of the right to water in Chile

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 54th session (11 September – 13 October 2023) Chile has a unique water model in the world, based on the privatisation of water sources and water management, which was inherited from the military dictatorship (1973-1990), was deepened during the governments of the transition to democracy and continues to this day. In simple […]

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Situation of human rights in Ecuador

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session March 2024 Until 2017, Ecuador was one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a rate of 5.8 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. However, according to figures from local NGOs, in the month of January 2024, the same rate reached 43 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, making it the most violent […]

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