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Conference-debate “When military intelligence is brought to justice: Diario militar

CETIM invites you to an evening conference-debate: “When military intelligence is brought to justice: Diario militar, an emblematic case of transitional justice”. Advances and setbacks of transitional justice processes in the context of the weakening of the rule of law and democratic degradation: the emblematic case of the Diario militar or Death File. Speaker: Paulo […]

Q&A on the Declaration on the Right to Development

Question: How is the Declaration on the Right to Development (DDD) a “revolutionary” text and what are its strongest points, which are still relevant today? Answer: The Declaration on the Right to Development places the human being at the heart of development. The DDD reflects a completely rethought concept of “development” that challenges the dominant […]

Commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development

The Human Rights Council organized a high-level event in the framework of its 52nd regular session to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development.

The right to development for the peoples and by the peoples!

Time to reassert the self-determined socially / ecologically, equitable and decolonized development as an alternative to green-washed, inclusive-washed, sustainable-washed business as usual! Are-you fed up with PR activities of multinationals destroying social and economic rights under the cover of sustainability? Do you have some question marks about the Great reset of the richest 1 %? If you […]

The Fight for the Right to Water for All

Against the backdrop of a neoliberal globalisation that promotes the unbridled commodification of life, water – a vital common good for human beings and ecosystems – is now a source of power and a coveted object.

Switzerland-UN: What measures to support the promotion of peasants’ rights?

On January 27, 2023, the human rights situation in Switzerland was examined in the framework of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a UN mechanism for monitoring the rights situation in all UN member countries. In this context, our coalition “Friends of the Declaration – Switzerland” (FOD), has examined the measures that Switzerland should take to […]

Patrice Lumumba Conference in partnership with the Ligue Panafricaine – UMOJA

CETIM and the Ligue Panafricaine – UMOJA present Patrice Lumumba third online conference of the series “Les Panafricanistes” in the series “Pensées d’hier pour demain“. The conference is presented by Amzat Boukari-Yabara, President of the Ligue Panafricaine – UMOJA. March 16, 2023, from 7 to 8.30 pm, via Zoom. Link to the conference

Peru: Referral to the UN mechanisms about the human rights violations and repression of social protest

PRESS RELEASE Lima, Geneva, Brussels, 9th of February 2023 – The National Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru (FENMUCARINAP), as a member organisation of La Via Campesina, the CETIM and the Whipalas Network, in collaboration with the Swiss Peruvian organization “Quinto Suyo” and the Peru Solidarity Collective – Belgium, submitted […]

Amilcar Cabral Conference in partnership with the Pan-African League – UMOJA

Amilcar Cabral is the subject of the second online conference (in French) in the series Pan-Africanists of the series “Pensées d’hier pour demain”. The lecture is presented by Amzat Boukari-Yabara, President of the Pan-African League – UMOJA 23 February 2023 from 7 to 8.30 pm, via Zoom. Link to the conference

Cheikh Anta Diop Conference in partnership with the Pan-African League – UMOJA

CETIM is pleased to invite you to a series of online conferences (in French) The Pan-Africanists of “Pensées d’hier pour demain” series Presented by Amzat Boukari-Yabara, President of the Pan-African League – UMOJA The first lecture, on the life and work of Cheikh Anta Diop, will take place on 9 February 2023 from 7pm to […]