CETIM declarations on economic, social and cultural rights

Mr. Chair, The phenomenon of vulture funds is inextricably linked to states’ debt, and it affects most countries. Thus, the CETIM and the CADTM1 welcome the mandate that the Human Rights Council has given to the Advisory Committee regarding the effect of vulture fund activities on human rights, and we offer the Committee our support […]

Mr. President, For over three decades, the UN’s human rights bodies (treaty bodies and special procedures amongst others) and the United Nations General Assembly are considering the question of the foreign debt and human rights. Those bodies are unanimous on their assessment: the debt is a major obstacle to the development of the countries of […]

Forty years after the coup d’Etat, Chile remains marked by two decades of military dictatorship. The democratic transition that followed is left incomplete: The current constitution was established under the rule of General Pinochet, the victims of the dictatorship only rarely receive compensation for their suffering. The process of democratization needs to continue so Chile can leave behind its dark period of history.

A. INTRODUCTION1 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 pro-independence movement. The situation of the 606 prisoners currently detained in […]