«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 [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 […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 22nd session 25 February – 22 March 2013 [ Excerpt from the statement] According to a UNDP estimate mentioned by the Independent Expert, for every dollar received in international cooperation, 60% leaves the country in the form of illicit flows. For 11 least developed countries, the total amount of losses linked to […] 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 […] HUMAN 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 […] HUMAN 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 […]
Colombia : Tayrona indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Debt and government financial obligations on human rights
Violation of Basque Political Prisoners’ Human Rights
Guatemala: the case of the communities of the municipalities of San Andres and La Libertad
Fight against poverty and human rights
