«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
Mr. Chairman, The Europe – Third World Centre (CETIM) and the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), in collaboration with VIA CAMPESINA, would like to draw the attention of the Human Rights Commission on the opening of the agricultural markets and their consequences for the peasants of the South. Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Delegates, La Via […] The Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM) wishes to inform the Sub-Commission of its concerns in regard to the alarming human rights situation in Brazil, particularly for rural inhabitants. Brazil is a country of 165 million inhabitants, as such representing the fifth largest population in the world and the fifth largest national territory. Although tremendously rich in […] In a context of non-existent or seriously inadequate national and international legislation regulating the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs), CETIM reiterates its concern about massive violations of human rights brought about by these corporations, with cooperation from States of the North and the South alike. The oil sector provides eloquent examples of this. Considering that […] According to official data, there are 8 million indigenous Mexicans (10 per cent of the total population of the country). However, various estimates from indigenous sources and research put the number of people who make up the indigenous peoples found in large areas of Mexican territory, and who have their own recognized social and cultural […] The issue of land and its unequal distribution underlies the entire field of economic, social, and cultural rights and the right to development in a large number of countries in the South. Lack of access to production resources is key to the extreme poverty in which hundreds of millions of small farmers live throughout the […]
The Opening of the agricultural Markets and their Consequences for the Peasants of the South
Agricultural Reform in Brazil and its Social Consequences
The Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project and its impact on the enjoyment of human rights
The Human Rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
Land concentration in Brazil : a politics of poverty
