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ALERT! Repression against Palestinian peasant organizations

In the context of an alarming intensification of attacks against peasant organizations and civil society in Palestine, and more particularly in light of recent violence in the West Bank, CETIM strongly supports the member organization of La Via Campesina (LVC) in Palestine. On December 1, 2025, Israeli occupation forces raided the organization’s offices in Ramallah […]

For Global Trade in the Service of Food Sovereignty: LVC and CETIM’s Call to UNCTAD

UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 16th Session October 20-23, 2025 The LVC representative advocated before UNCTAD for a radical overhaul of international trade, calling to move away from neoliberal logic to place food sovereignty and human rights at the center of trade. Faced with the deadlock at the WTO and […]

PRESS RELEASE – Intention to dissolve Urgence Palestine: the UN calls on the French government

JOINT PRESS RELEASE CETIM, Urgence Palestine, NIDAL 1st December 2025 Following the complaint procedure initiated in June 2025 with UN human rights protection mechanisms, Urgence Palestine, NIDAL and CETIM welcome the appeal1 by five UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts2 to the French government concerning the dissolution proceedings initiated against Urgence Palestine and the financial […]

Call to Mobilize for the Defense of a Democratic Multilateral System and International Law

Geneva, November 2025 We, the undersigned, social movements and civil society organizations, are deeply concerned by the attempts to dismantle of international law, in particular since the advent of the Trump administration and its subsequent attacks against the multilateral system. While several powerful States violate international law in various contexts, the United States is engaged […]

The “Trump Plan” for Gaza : Peace cannot be built outside international law

PRESS RELEASE jointly issued by IADL and CETIM, Geneva, 2 October 2025 The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the CETIM acknowledge the so-called “peace plan” proposal presented by Donald Trump on September 29, 2025, for Gaza. While an immediate and unconditional ceasefire is an absolute urgency to end the ongoing genocide, any political […]

The right to participation – The 3rd Report of the UN Working Group on UNDROP

On 16 October 2025, the Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas presented its third thematic report (A/80/180) to the UN General Assembly in New York. The report delves into the right to participation of rural peoples and highlights the entrenched barriers suffered by them when it comes […]

The Kandy Declaration: a collective roadmap for systemic transformation

From 6 to 14 September 2025, representatives of peasant movements, fishers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists and nomads, women, trade unions, public health organisations, social and solidarity economy activists, migrants and environmental organisations gathered in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum. This international meeting marked an essential step in the struggle for a profound […]

Stop the War! New US Offensive Against Venezuela and Colombia

CETIM – PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 30 October 2025. CETIM expresses its deep concern and firm condemnation regarding the recent attacks and threats made by the United States of America against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Republic of Colombia. These actions, undertaken under the pretext of a “war on drugs”, manifestly fall within a […]

UN experts urge binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard peasants’ rights

Published the 16th of October 2025 on Defending Peasants’ Rights Ahead of the upcoming UN negotiation session (20–24 October 2025) to elaborate a legally binding treaty on transnational corporations, the UN Working Group on Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas and the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food have issued a powerful […]

CETIM response to the report of the Working Group on UNDROP

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 60th session 8th of September – 8th of October 2025 [Excerpt of the statement] Humanity today faces existential challenges such as land grabbing, biodiversity loss, threats to seeds from industrial selection, and increasing environmental degradation. As the report highlights, in the face of these threats, the UNDRIP provides a particularly effective and […]