«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 22nd session 25 February – 22 March 2013 [Excerpt from the statement] The proliferation over the last two decades of private military and security companies (PMSCs) that also engage in mercenary activities is highly problematic. Not only do these entities commit serious human rights violations in many countries, often escaping all sanctions, […] INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 2nd session 24-28 October 2016 [Extract from the declaration] During the first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group in July 2015, the position of extending the future treaty to all companies (local and international) was fiercely defended, regardless of the size and structure of these companies. This is a […] INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 2nd session 24-28 October 2016 [Excerpt from the Declaration] The CETIM has been fighting for nearly 20 years in favour of binding standards for transnational corporations (TNCs) and this is one of the main objectives of the Global Campaign. As such, we support the process initiated within the Intergovernmental […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 32nd session June 2016 [Extract from the Declaration] The High Commissioner for Human Rights is supposed to be the guardian of international human rights law. However, we note that there is no reference to binding international human rights instruments or to the United Nations Charter. This distorts the High Commissioner’s analysis on […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 31st session March 2016 [Extract from the statement] We are alarmed by the extrajudicial executions to which the population of southern Madagascar continues to be subjected, particularly in the Ankazoabo and Midongy du Sud regions. As we have already denounced in this forum, since 2012, on the pretext of fighting zebu rustlers […]
How should private military and security companies be regulated?
Scope of the future treaty on transnational corporations
For the imposition of binding standards for TNCs
Access to justice in the face of TNC violations
Human rights continue to be abused in southern Madagascar
