«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 23rd Session Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development June 2013 Since independence in 1960, political life in Madagascar has been disrupted by several attempted coups. On 17 March 2009, the then mayor of the capital, Andry Rajoelina […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 24th session 9 – 27 September 2013 [Excerpt from the statement] Since 19 August, the rural world in Colombia has been mobilising in the face of the government’s attempt to impose by force the free trade agreements signed, in particular, with the United States. Traditional peasant seed reserves have been the target […]
Continue readingINTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON THE RIGHTS OF PEASANTS 1st session 15-19 July 2013 [Excerpt from the declaration] Famine and malnutrition in the world are on the increase and we have known for several years that the Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved by 2015. Worse still, 80% of the nearly one billion people suffering […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 22nd Session March 2013 [Excerpt of the declaration] The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), the Europe – Third World Centre (CETIM), the American Association of Jurists and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcome the report of the International Fact-Finding Mission investigating the impact of the Israeli settlements on the […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st session Item 3 : General debate September 2012 [Excerpt of the declaration] We are currently facing a new surge in food prices particularly maize, wheat and soybean: after the price spike occurred across almost all commodities in 2007/2008 and a new spike in 2011, food prices are peaking again, reaching the […]
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