«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 the rights of peasants
Thank you Mr. President, On behalf of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Solar Cookers International, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP) and CETIM, I would like to thank Mrs. Catarina de Albuquerque for her work in identifying and promoting best practices in access to safe drinking water. […] Mr. President, Mr. the Special Rapporteur, distinguished delegates, We would like to commend the role played by the Special Rapporteur, Professor de Schutter, in the current efforts to promote a prominent role for the right to food in the search for responses to the food crisis. On several occasions, we expressed its concern about the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12th session 14 September – 2 October 2009 [Excerpt from the statement] According to new FAO estimates published recently, undernourishment reached a record level in 2009, passing the dreaded mark of 1 billion human beings suffering from hunger, which means, in plain language, that the food crisis has worsened considerably over the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Consultative Committee – 3rd session 03 – 07 August 2009 [Excerpt from the statement] As the working document presented by Mr Jean Ziegler clearly shows, peasants have always been, and still are today, the first victims of violations of the right to food. Since the dawn of time, peasants have been driven […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 10th session 02 mars – 27 mars 2009 [Exerpt from the statement] This study is innovative in several respects. It is also welcome, because in the scandalous context of famine and malnutrition worldwide, which long predates the food crisis that has been affecting many countries in the South for over a year […]
Disarm to Hydrate !
Comments on the role played by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Purchase of land in the context of food sovereignty
On the working document on peasants and their fundamental rights
Support for the Advisory Committee’s study on the food crisis
