«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 37th session La Via Campesina played a very important role in the peace agreements in Colombia. It was granted official observer status on the issue of agrarian reform, a fundamental pillar for ensuring lasting and comprehensive peace. Read CETIM’s oral declaration in French HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 42nd session September 2019 CETIM is alarmed by the non-stop extra-judicial executions of zebu (cattle) breeders in the south of Madagascar, perpetrated by the forces of law and order under successive governments since 2012 until the present day. Read CETIM’s oral statement in French Watch the video subtitled in English HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 56th session July 2024 Since the social-political outbreak of December 2022, the CETIM has supported the Peruvian indigenous-peasant organisations – protagonists of the social protests – in their advocacy work within the UN human rights mechanisms. Read the CETIM’s oral statement in Spanish Watch the video subtitled in English 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 […]
Oral statement: situation in Colombia
Extra-judicial executions in Madagascar
Peru: criminalisation of social protests continues
Sanctions and human rights violations in Niger
Mega-basins flout farmers’ right to water in France
