«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
After 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 […] HUMAN 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 […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 13th session 01 March – 26 March 2010 During its sitting on 21 May 2012, the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs took note of the fact that the two-year suspension of the CETIM’s consultative status would end in July 2012. During the same sitting, Turkey (which had requested this sanction against the CETIM) […] Mr. President, We welcome the report1 submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and we share her concerns about the smear campaigns that target human rights defenders as, basically, defending human rights is a political act as Mahtma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, among others, have taught to us. The written […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 14th session 31 May – 18 June 2010 [Exerpt from the declaration] First of all, our thoughts go out to the victims of the barbaric attack that took place in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea in flagrant violation of the norms of international law. Once again the State of Israel […]
Stop the repression against Kurdish people in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Social and economic rights in the European Union
Violation of human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey
Protection of human rights defenders
The attack by Israeli forces on the maritime humanitarian aid convoy
