«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
Thank you Mr. President, On behalf of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Solar Cookers International, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP) and CETIM, I would like to thank Mrs. Catarina de Albuquerque for her work in identifying and promoting best practices in access to safe drinking water. […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12th session 14 September – 2 October 2009 [Excerpt from the statement] According to new FAO estimates published recently, undernourishment reached a record level in 2009, passing the dreaded mark of 1 billion human beings suffering from hunger, which means, in plain language, that the food crisis has worsened considerably over the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Consultative Committee – 3rd session 03 – 07 August 2009 [Excerpt from the statement] As the working document presented by Mr Jean Ziegler clearly shows, peasants have always been, and still are today, the first victims of violations of the right to food. Since the dawn of time, peasants have been driven […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 10th session 02 mars – 27 mars 2009 [Exerpt from the statement] This study is innovative in several respects. It is also welcome, because in the scandalous context of famine and malnutrition worldwide, which long predates the food crisis that has been affecting many countries in the South for over a year […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 10th session 02 March – 27 March 2009 [Extract from the declaration] Existing human rights instruments do not meet the specific needs of peasants in the context of globalisation. The rules of international trade favour the law of the strongest, in other words the stranglehold of transnational corporations on the economy and […]
Disarm to Hydrate !
Purchase of land in the context of food sovereignty
On the working document on peasants and their fundamental rights
Support for the Advisory Committee’s study on the food crisis
Support for the study by the Advisory Committee on Peasants’ Rights
