«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 52nd session 27 February – 4 April 2023 CETIM and the Confédération Paysanne are concerned about the increasing construction of mega-basins in France, water storage facilities for industrial agricultural irrigation that flout farmers’ right to water. Thanks to 70% public funding, these huge structures benefit a minority of farmers who steal water […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd session 27 February – 4 April 2023 The systemic violence that manifests itself in today’s agri-food systems mainly affects already vulnerable and marginalized populations, such as peasants and others working in rural areas. This violence and inequity inherent in the dominant system are by no means inevitable; they are the result […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 51st session 12 September – 7 October 2022 [Excerpt from the statement] Diego Montón calls on the Human Rights Council and all UN member states to work together to advance the implementation of the Declaration, in particular through the creation of a monitoring mechanism on the rights of peasants’ rights within the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 51st session 12 Septembre – 7 Octobre 2022 [Excerpt of the declaration] The “coup d’Etat” led on 17 March 2009 by Andry Rajoelina (current president of the country), then mayor of Antananarivo, has plunged Madagascar into a cycle of successive institutional crises, setting back democracy and the rule of law. The human […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 51st session 12 September – 7 October 2022 [Excerpt from the declaration] The current climate crisis is increasingly affecting the rural areas and production of subsistence crops. The increase of severe drought, fires, floods, severely impacts living conditions and the right to work of peasants and other people working in rural areas. […]
Mega-basins flout farmers’ right to water in France
Systemic violence in agri-food systems
Establishment of a monitoring mechanism on the rights of peasants’ rights
Human Rights Violations in Madagascar in Rural Areas
Implementation of the UNDROP at national and international level to combat climate change
