«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 COMMISSION 62nd session – Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 6 February – 17 February 2006 [Excerpt from the statement] As we have already indicated, international cooperation is not limited to development aid. It involves cooperation in economic, social and cultural fields. International […] We strongly encourage the following elements of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights be protected and retained in any reforms initiated to the UN human rights system: 1. Working groups, studies. Active working groups (including the Social Forum), expert studies and working papers, in which NGOs are permitted to actively […] SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 57th session 25 July – 12 August 2005 [Excerpt from the declaration] It should be pointed out that the future of the Sub-Commission is not even being discussed during the negotiations on the reform of the Commission on Human Rights, despite the fact that the history […] SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 57th session 25 July – 12 August 2005 [Excerpt from the declaration] Last June, the G8 leaders announced with great fanfare that they were cancelling the debts of 18 heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) to the tune of 40 billion US dollars. This decision, which on […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 61st session 14 March – 22 April 2005 [Excerpt from the statement] After several years of debate, this question undoubtedly deserves a more definitive answer. For a simple reading of the debt figures over the last three decades tends to show that all the policies adopted to date have had no other […]
International cooperation and assistance
Essential Elements of the U.N. Sub-Commission that should be retained in any UN human rights reform
UN reforms and the future of the Sub-Commission on Human Rights
G8 and cancellation of foreign debt
On the external debt of Southern countries
