«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 at the UN on the theme of impunity of transnational corporations
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 14th session May 31 – June 18 2010 [Excerpt from the statement] Serious violations committed by transnational corporations (TNCs) have been observed for many years. These violations are not limited to the extractive industries; they are present in the primary and secondary sectors as well as in the tertiary sector, including finance. […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 13th session 1 March – 26 March 2010 [Exerpt from the declaration] Several gold mining titles – located in different areas of the two municipalities – have been granted by the Ministry of Mines to private individuals, as well as to the South African multinational AngloGold Ashanti. Several licensees have asked the […] 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 11th session 02 June – 18 June 2009 [Excerpt from the statement] Last year we noted an important conceptual evolution in the approach of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. John Ruggie, insofar as he admitted that the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs) could affect all internationally recognized human rights, and […] 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 and transnational corporations
Colombia: danger of forced displacement in Suarez and Buenos Aires
Purchase of land in the context of food sovereignty
On the 2009 Report of the Special Representative on transnational corporations
Support for the Advisory Committee’s study on the food crisis
