CETIM declarations on the rights of peasants

In the following pages, you will find CETIM’s English declarations to the UN on the theme of the rights of peasants

Peru: criminalisation of social protests continues

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 56th session 18 June – 12 July 2024 Since the social-political outbreak of December 2022, the CETIM has supported the Peruvian indigenous-peasant organisations – protagonists of the social protests – in their advocacy work within the UN human rights mechanisms. Read the CETIM’s oral statement in Spanish Watch the video subtitled in […]

Human rights situation in Haiti

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session 26 February – 5 April 2024 The country is faced with a social structure based on the power of criminal “gangs”. Since the 1980s, these armed groups have been instrumentalised by the political powers. Read the CETIM’s written statement

Israeli Occupation’s use of starvation as a weapon for genocide in Palestine

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session 26 February – 5 April 2024 Yasmeen El-Hasan, from the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC Palestine), makes a horrifying assessment of the situation in Gaza, stating that the Palestinians who have not died because of the bombs will have died because of famine, lack of water and lack of […]

Violations of the right to water in Chile

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 54th session 11 September – 13 October 2023 Chile has a unique water model in the world, based on the privatisation of water sources and water management, which was inherited from the military dictatorship (1973-1990), was deepened during the governments of the transition to democracy and continues to this day. In simple […]

Sanctions and human rights violations in Niger

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 54th session 11 September – 13 October 2023 [Excerpt from the declaration] Following the military takeover of Niger on July 26, 2023, regional institutions and international organizations such as ECOWAS, UEMOA, the AU, the World Bank and the European Union began taking unprecedented measures against Niger and its people. These economic and […]

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