«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
In the following pages, you will find CETIM’s English declarations to the UN on the theme of economic, social and cultural rights
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 22nd session 25 February – 22 March 2013 A. INTRODUCTION Despite the Peace Process undertaken by the Basque pro-independence movement in 2011, the violation of Human Rights against the citizens of the Basque Country continue. Those are consequence of the emergency situation adopted by the French and Spanish Governments to attack the […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st session 10 September – 28 September 2012 [Excerpt from the statement] The situation of the Indigenous Peoples living in the municipalities of San Andrés and La Libertad, department of Petén continues to be grave. These communities suffer frequent violations of their human rights, in particular their economic, social and cultural rights […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st Session 10 September – 28 September 2012 [Excerpt of the declaration] The “distinction” made between poverty and extreme poverty does not resolve the issue and fails to address the root causes of this phenomenon, which leads to human rights violations. It would be perilous to determine or formalize such a differentiation […]
Continue readingAfter the foundation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, millions of people from ethnic minorities like Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Balouchs and Turkmens and religious minorities like Baha’is and Sunnis have been discriminated against, exploited or denied their very basic rights due their ethnicity, beliefs or different faiths. Meanwhile, Iranian civil and political activists as well […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 13th session March 01 – March 26 2010 The current economic and financial crisis has important social consequences.1 In all member-states of the European Union unemployment is rising and governments are preparing austerity plans in order to reduce their budget deficits following the economic recession and the bailing out of banks. While […]
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