«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 7th session March 03 – March 28, 2008 [Excerpt from the declaration] While the Independent Expert’s latest report contains some interesting proposals, such as harmonizing the internal procedures, statutes and structures of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) with respect for human rights, or introducing the costs of preventing violations of international human […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th session 03 March – 28 March 2008 [Excerpt from the statement] The Guiding Principles rightly describe poverty as a ‘violation of human dignity’. In this context, we consider that it is very important to have a legal framework that gives priority to the eradication of poverty, whether ‘extreme’ or not. In […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th session 03 March – 28 March 2008 Read the CETIM’s written statement Summary of the problem Since the Chernobyl catastrophe, between 5-8 million people1 in Belarus, the Ukraine and the Russian Federation continue to live in areas that remain heavily contaminated. Up to 90% of the radiation dose received by the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th session 03 March – 28 March 2008 Read the CETIM’s written statement In France, a country with 3.3 million persons inadequately housed or homeless, and 6 million in a situation of real precariousness, it is urgent to create the conditions necessary for the implementation of the right to housing!1 From Words […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5th session 11 June – 18 June 2007 [Excerpt from the statement] The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism is fuelling many hopes and some concerns, including that expressed by 61 non-governmental organisations in an open letter to the President of the Council (dated 11 June 2007) concerning the treatment that will be […]
About the Independent Expert’s report on debt
Comments on the Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Violation of the Right to Food and the Right to Health of populations affected by the Chernobyl catastrophe in Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Belarus
Lack of Access to Adequate Housing in France
Comments on the implementation of the Council’s new procedures
