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CETIM condemns US Sanctions Against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

COMMUNIQUE CETIM strongly condemns the sanctions imposed by the United States against Ms Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories1. These sanctions, motivated uniquely by the fact that she is rigorously and independently fulfilling her UN mandate, constitute a frontal attack on the international human rights protection […]

Cuba: towards a world where health is not a commodity

Foto@EmbaCubaPeru HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 59th session June 16 – July 11, 2025 Cuba offers a healthcare model in which the patient remains at the center of the concerns of the country’s authorities, while those of so-called developed countries are dismantling public healthcare structures in order to offer them to private companies. In its written declaration […]

Peru : a community denonces Glencore at the UN for human rights violations

PRESS RELEASE Frente de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos del Perú, Resistencia Activa Ya ! Coaltion suisse contre Glencore, CETIM Geneva, 27th of June 2025 Watch the CETIM’s statement in Spanish In the 56th session of the Human Rights Council, a representative from the farmers’ community of San Marcos, located in the Ancash region (Peru), denounced […]

Peruvian community denounces Glencore at the UN for human rights violations

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 59th session 16 June – 08 July 2025 [Excerpt from the statement] In this oral statement, the CETIM denounces the mining company Antamina, owned by the Anglo-Swiss multinational Glencore, for violations of the right to water in Peru. Glencore has depleted the water sources in the district of San Marcos, leaving the […]

Afro-Colombian community denounces Glencore before the UN

PRESS RELEASE Junta Social de la Comunidad de Tabaco / Resistencia Activa Ya! / Swiss Coalition against Glencore / Colectivo Jaguar / CETIM Wednesday, 25 June 2025 Between the 20 and 25 of June 2025, representatives of the Afro-descendant community of Tabaco (La Guajira, Colombia) were in Geneva to address the multilateral human rights system […]

Spain: the fight against the dismantling of public health is brought before the Human Rights Council

PRESS RELEASE Geneva / Madrid, the 23rd of June 2025 Three residents of a working-class neighborhood in the Community of Madrid took part in the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to denounce the alarming deterioration of the public healthcare system in their region. As members of the “Vecinas y […]

Madrid: The foundations of primary care are being destroyed

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 59th session 16 June – 11 July 2025 [Excerpt from the Declaration] My name is Riánsares Gómez Olmedilla, from the “Asamblea Popular de Carabanchel and Vecinas por la Sanidad Pública”. In my country I have no guaranteed right to health care. The situation of public health care in the Community of Madrid […]

Webinair : Rural struggle in action!

New date confirmed for our Webinar! Wednesday 25 June 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm (CEST) Don’t miss it! Let’s strengthen the fight for rural peoples’ rights! For reasons of digital security, advance registration is required. Further information and registration at: tinyurl.com/y7aexhs8

UN urged to counter criminalization of solidarity with Palestine

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Paris, June 5, 2025 Urgence Palestine, CETIM and their partners submit a petition to the UN Human Rights Mechanisms regarding the criminalization of solidarity with Palestine in France and the risk of dissolution of the organization “Urgence Palestine”. In a notification dated April 29, 2025, the French government, through the Ministry of […]

Around the world, Glencore’s greed rhymes with death

MOBILIZATION FOR THE WORLD DAY AGAINST GLENCORE Location: Théâtre Casino Zoug, Artherstrasse 2-4, Zoug (Canton Zug – Switzerland) Date: May 28, 2025 Time: 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Glencore is one of the largest mining companies in the world, extracting coal, cobalt, copper, crude oil and other minerals and metals from more than 35 countries [1]. Far […]