«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
ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1st session 4 – 15 August 2008 Introduction Hunger and malnutrition in the world has been a recurrent problem for a long time. Its causes and those of the recent food crisis are well known to those who face the facts. However, the responses to one of the greatest violations of human rights […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 8th session 02 June – 18 June 2008 [Excerpt from the declaration] In Bolivia, for the first time in modern history, the majority indigenous population was able to democratically elect a President from their ranks. Since taking office in January 2007, Evo Morales has been confronted with destabilization attempts by economic interest […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th special session May 22, 2008 [Excerpt from the statement] The global food crisis is serious and profound. It is not the result of natural or cyclical factors that have suddenly appeared together. We therefore welcome the fact that the serious rise in food prices is considered to be only one cause, […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th extraordinary session May 22, 2008 [Extract from the declaration] The causes of the so-called food crisis are well known: the promotion of harmful farming methods and unsuitable crops, the promotion of agribusiness and the concentration of fertile land in the hands of a latifundist minority, the privatization of public regulatory mechanisms, […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th special session on the Right to Food May 22, 2008 Read the CETIM’s written statement The current crisis of agricultural raw materials severely affects the poorest peoples of our planet.1 Prices on the world market for cereals are rising for a year : wheat prices increased by 130%, rice 80% and […]
For a Convention on peasant rights !
Saving democracy in Bolivia
The negative impact of the current crisis on the realization of the right to food
Global Food Crisis
To promote and strengthen the agricultural local and national economies: only effective way to fight against prices escalation of agricultural products and their shortage
