«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
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 54th session (11 September – 13 October 2023) [Excerpt from the declaration] Following the military takeover of Niger on July 26, 2023, regional institutions and international organizations such as ECOWAS, UEMOA, the AU, the World Bank and the European Union began taking unprecedented measures against Niger and its people. These economic and […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd session (27 February – 4 April 2023) CETIM and the Confédération Paysanne are concerned about the increasing construction of mega-basins in France, water storage facilities for industrial agricultural irrigation that flout farmers’ right to water. Thanks to 70% public funding, these huge structures benefit a minority of farmers who steal water […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session The country is faced with a social structure based on the power of criminal “gangs”. Since the 1980s, these armed groups have been instrumentalised by the political powers. Read the CETIM’s written statement HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session 26 February – 5 April 2024 Yasmeen El-Hasan, from the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC Palestine), makes a horrifying assessment of the situation in Gaza, stating that the Palestinians who have not died because of the bombs will have died because of famine, lack of water and lack of […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd session The systemic violence that manifests itself in today’s agri-food systems mainly affects already vulnerable and marginalized populations, such as peasants and others working in rural areas. This violence and inequity inherent in the dominant system are by no means inevitable; they are the result of the imposition of a very […]
Sanctions and human rights violations in Niger
Mega-basins flout farmers’ right to water in France
Human rights situation in Haiti
Israeli Occupation’s use of starvation as a weapon for genocide in Palestine
Systemic violence in agri-food systems
