«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
The above-listed non-governmental organizations are deeply concerned by the degradation of the economic, social and sanitary conditions in Iraq as a result of the embargo, and by the effects the contamination caused by the use of depleted uranium weaponry has on the population and the environment in Iraq. For these reasons, they organized a conference […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 56th session 20 March – 28 April 2000 [Excerpt from the statement] Promoting the right to development effectively and efficiently implies the freedom to act in this direction, to adopt a strategy. We must therefore draw conclusions from the resolutely political, rather than technocratic, nature of the choices involved in such a […] Comments of the CETIM on the report by the independent expert, Mr. Arjun Sengupta, entitled «Study on the current state of progress in the implementation of the right to development»(cf. cote E/CN.4/1999/WG.18/2). [During its sitting on 21 May 2012, the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs took note of the fact that the two-year suspension of the CETIM’s consultative status would end in July 2012. During the same sitting, Turkey (which had requested this sanction against the CETIM) declared that it would not oppose the restitution of its status […] 1. For nearly two decades now, neoliberal policies have dominated the international scene. Twenty years of “sacrifices” have been presented as “promises of a better tomorrow”; overall, 20 years of results have been the opposite, taking the world population as a whole, as numerous UNDP reports basically show. This picture is not, however, seen as […]
Use of Depleted Uranium Weaponry
Criticism of the report on the right to development
Comments on the Report by the Independent Expert
Attempted Assassination of Akin Birdal in Turkey
The Asian Dragons and Trade Union Rights
