«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 22nd Session 25 February – 22 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 […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st session 10 September – 28 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 levels […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st session 10 September – 28 September 2012 [Excerpt from the statement] We, the communities of the municipalities of San Andrés and La Libertad department of Petén, Guatemala, have repeatedly requested the Guatemalan State authorities to carry out an impartial investigation into the human rights violations to which we are subjected in […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 13th session 01 March – 26 March 2010 [Excerpt from the statement] We welcome the commitment of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and his valuable contributions to the effective implementation of this right. In his report on ‘Large-scale land acquisitions and leases ’1 , the Special Rapporteur proposes minimum […] Mr. President, I am Henry Saragih, general coordinator of La Via Campesina. La Via Campesina is global movement and organisations of peasants based in many countries including in Senegal, India, Switzerland, France, Spain, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Mali, and many more. We have about 200 millions member which participated actively in La Via Campesina. On behalf […]
Impact of Israeli settlements on the human rights of the Palestinian people
Peasants’ rights: closing gaps in protection
Well-being for PERENCO and repression for Petén communities
Right to food and large-scale land acquisitions and leases
Ending the discrimination against peasants
