«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
1. The US embargo against Cuba is condemned by an ever larger and by now overwhelming majority of states members of the United Nations General Assembly. However, it continues to be imposed by the US government’s isolated but stubborn will, in spite of the United Nations repeated injunctions, notably its resolution 56/9 of the 7th […]
Continue reading1. There are millions of refugees and displaced people all over the world. Forced to exile or to live somewhere else than their usual places of residence, – having lost all their real estate and personal property- most of these individuals live under very precarious conditions. This is the reason why the question of refugees […]
Continue reading1. We wish to congratulate the international community for convening the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR). We are pleased to note that the Conference had been a success in achieving one of its main objective by setting a political and moral framework to reactivate the world efforts to combat […]
Continue reading1. The 57th session of the Commission on Human Rights resolved to “ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants” based on 25 points which articulate how these rights are to be ensured. At the same time, having recognized the serious challenges to the full enjoyment of human rights and the […]
Continue readingSince 1995, military and paramilitary presence and actions in Chiapas’ Indigenous communities has led entire communities to leave their homes and to live in make-shift camps where survival is increasingly difficult. The massive exodus from the municipality of Chenalhó in Los Altos de Chiapas is one of the more serious examples. After the massacre of […]
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