«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
A. WHAT IS THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT? I. Development 1) Development must be a global process with mankind as its main focus and with the achievement of mankind’s personal potential (physical, intellectual, moral and cultural) within the community as its main aim; 2) The aforementioned process requires the active and conscious participation of individuals and […] A. The capacity of the States to submit communications 1. In paragraph 14 of the document (E/CN.4/1997/105), the Committee reports that it has decided not to recommend the inclusion of an inter-State complaints procedure within the proposed optional protocol. 2. Excluding this procedure without valid reasons is counter to the approach taken in the International […] SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 56th session 26 July – 13 August 2004 [Excerpt from the statement] For CETIM, promoting the right to development requires formal recognition of the validity, indivisibility, binding nature and justiciability of all human rights, including the right to solidarity, which are enshrined in numerous international instruments. […] SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 56th session 26 July – 13 August 2004 [Excerpt from the statement] On 20 March 2003, the US-British coalition launched a military attack on Iraq, under the pretext that the regime in power possessed weapons of mass destruction, which resulted in an occupation. The United States […] SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 56th session 26 July – 13 August 2004 Read the CETIM’s written statement Resolution 1546 (2004), on Iraq, adopted by the Security Council on the 8th June 2004, that declares the end of the occupation and the setting of a sovereign interim government, does not disguise […]
The right do development in a globalized world
Comments to the Draft optional Protocol to the ICESCR
Implementation of the Right to Development
Unilateral military interventions: the UN must respond!
Criticism of the resolution 1546, of the Security Council
