«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 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 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 statement] This is why it is time to move on from the stage of studies, however useful they may be, to the establishment of effective mechanisms at international level that will also help States to control and regulate the activities of […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 8th session 02 June – 18 June 2008 [Excerpt from the statement] In the above-mentioned report, the Special Representative recognizes that the consequences of TNC activities can affect all human rights. In this context, he draws up an inventory of existing means and certain measures taken by governments. He rightly notes, however, […]
Support for the study by the Advisory Committee on Peasants’ Rights
The global food crisis is still with us!
For a Convention on peasant rights !
Evaluation of the mandate of the Special Representative on the issue of human rights and TNCs
On the report of the Special Representative on transnational corporations
