«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 5th session 11 June – 18 June 2007 [Excerpt from the statement] Since its creation last year, the Council has only kept four countries on its agenda: Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Myanmar, inherited from the former Commission. In many respects, is this legacy not a reflection of the double standards applied […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 4th session March 12 – March 30 2007 [Excerpt from the statement] Regarding the revision of mandates, we reaffirm our conviction that a re-balancing should take place between the two categories of human rights. Violations of economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as the right to development, are undoubtedly those that […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 4th session March 12–30, 2007 [Excerpt from the statement] It is regrettable that the Working Group’s agenda has been reduced to approving the proposals of the task force, even though the latter’s activities are far removed from the Working Group’s mandate. As we have already proposed, the Working Group should be transformed […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 4th session March 12 – March 30 2007 [Excerpt from the statement] Indeed, in order to understand the debt crisis in Third World countries and the catastrophic economic and social situation in which they find themselves, we must start with the origins of the debt in order to highlight all those responsible, […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 4th session March 12 – March 30 2007 Read the CETIM’s written statement The South has already repaid its external debt to the North, but the North refuses to recognize its debts to the South1 1. Since the debt crisis, precipitated in 1979 by changes in US monetary policy in the form […]
The UPR and the future of country mandates
About the Reports of the Working Groups on Institutions
Working Group on the Right to Development
Comments on the report of the independent expert on debt
Developing countries’ external debt
