«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 9th session September 08 – September 26 2008 [Excerpt from the statement] As we have already indicated in our joint statements presented at the special session of the Human Rights Council on the global food crisis1, the causes of hunger and malnutrition are multiple, but the main cause is the orientation of […] ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1st session 4 – 15 August 2008 Introduction Hunger and malnutrition in the world has been a recurrent problem for a long time. Its causes and those of the recent food crisis are well known to those who face the facts. However, the responses to one of the greatest violations of human rights […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 8th session 02 June – 18 June 2008 [Excerpt from the declaration] In Bolivia, for the first time in modern history, the majority indigenous population was able to democratically elect a President from their ranks. Since taking office in January 2007, Evo Morales has been confronted with destabilization attempts by economic interest […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th special session May 22, 2008 [Excerpt from the statement] The global food crisis is serious and profound. It is not the result of natural or cyclical factors that have suddenly appeared together. We therefore welcome the fact that the serious rise in food prices is considered to be only one cause, […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 7th extraordinary session May 22, 2008 [Extract from the declaration] The causes of the so-called food crisis are well known: the promotion of harmful farming methods and unsuitable crops, the promotion of agribusiness and the concentration of fertile land in the hands of a latifundist minority, the privatization of public regulatory mechanisms, […]
The global food crisis is still with us!
For a Convention on peasant rights !
Saving democracy in Bolivia
The negative impact of the current crisis on the realization of the right to food
Global Food Crisis
