CETIM declarations on economic, social and cultural rights

In the following pages, you will find CETIM’s English declarations to the UN on the theme of economic, social and cultural rights

 

Transboundary shipment of toxic waste and its impact on human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 10th session 02 March – 27 March 2009 [Excerpt from the statement] The Special Rapporteur devoted his report submitted to the present session to the dismantling of ships, which has posed many problems over the years1. The response to this issue has been the recent adoption by the International Maritime Organization of […]

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DURBAN I step forward DURBAN II steps backward?

DURBAN FOLLOW-UP CONFERENCE 20 April – 24 April 2009 If the recommendations and resolutions contained in the most recent version of the “technically reviewed text” (A/CONF.211/PC/WG.2/CRP.2 of 17 March 2009), submitted for discussion at the Durban II meeting, are being implemented practically everywhere, this represents, surely, a considerable step forward in regard to the daily […]

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The right to development, respecting and protecting the environment

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 10th session 02 March – 27 March 2009 1. From its earliest origins, western culture, has conceived the relationship between man and nature as conflictual and oscillating between two poles1. On the one hand, nature is seen as a powerful, spontaneous and creative force, the origin of life and all matter, determining […]

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