«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
SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 54th session 29 July – 16 August 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] Imposed by the triumvirate (World Bank, IMF and WTO) – which spearhead the neoliberal economic system – trade liberalisation and privatisation in all sectors of human activity are having tragic consequences for the majority […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 58th session 18 March – 26 April 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] In doing so, the expert completely distorts the Declaration, even though Article 1 defines the right to development as an “inalienable human right by virtue of which every human being and all peoples are entitled to participate in and contribute […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 58th session 18 March – 26 April 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] It is regrettable that the Security Council systematically resorts to Chapter 7 of the Charter and often overlooks Article 2, which stipulates in paragraph 3 that ‘the Members of the United Nations shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 58th session 18 March – 26 April 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] Impunity is defined as the absence of sanctions against the perpetrators of an established offence who cannot invoke any legal grounds for exemption from responsibility. Impunity is a violation of the right to justice, the right to truth, the right […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 58th session 18 March – 26 April 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] Firstly, the constitutional reform on indigenous rights and culture, adopted by Congress a year ago, is a total denial of the rights of Mexico’s indigenous peoples. It profoundly alters the COCOPA bill, failing to recognise indigenous peoples as subjects of […]
Report on globalisation, the impact of transnational corporations and the right to drinking water
Comments on the session of the working group on the right to development
War on terrorism and violation of the United Nations Charter
On the appointment of an independent expert on the issue of impunity
Situation of indigenous peoples in Mexico and criticism of the ‘Puebla-Panama Plan’
