«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 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 […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 10th session 02 March – 27 March 2009 [Extract from the statement] The report on the mission to the World Trade Organization finally allows everyone to see the links between the various areas of international relations and puts an end to the fallacious arguments claiming that there are issues that should not […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 9th Special Session on the Gaza Strip January 9, 2009 As European, Israeli and American human rights organizations*, we are urging the UN Human Rights Council to intervene and call to an end of the war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) as part of […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 9th special session on the Gaza Strip January 2009 [Exerpt from the statement] Serious violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention on war crimes have been committed, including killings and the mass destruction of buildings. These crimes are not justified by military necessity; they are carried out arbitrarily and premeditatedly. In addition, the […] The organisations submitting the present statement welcome the decision of the UN Human Rights Council, upon request of the new UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to hold a 7th special session on the negative impact of the world food crisis on the realization of the right to food. We hope that this […]
Support for the study by the Advisory Committee on Peasants’ Rights
The right to work and the realization of the right to food
The UN Human Rights Council must stop war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
Those responsible for human rights violations must be brought to justice
The world does not need more of the same medicine
