«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
Oil exploitation, logging, drilling, toxic waste. The irresponsibility of multinationals is devastating the planet and its inhabitants.
For more than 50 years, CETIM has denounced the destruction of our environment. It supports the struggles of indigenous peoples and peasants to (re)assert their sovereignty over
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 31st session March 2016 [Extract from the statement] There are many cases of planned and targeted assassinations of human rights defenders, whether by public officials or private actors. This is what happened on 3 March 2016 to Berta Cáceres, an indigenous leader and defender of the rights of indigenous peoples and the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 35th session June 2017 [Excerpt from the statement] In this regard, we are alarmed by the health situation in the plains region of Argentina. Our partners from the Regional Assemblies of Fumigated Villages, the Network of Doctors of Fumigated Villages and the Association of Environmental Lawyers informed us of the harmful impacts […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 28th session March 2015 [Exerpt from the declaration] For the CETIM with which the Coordination Climate and Social Justice and the Forum for a new global governance are associated, there is an indissoluble link between the dramatic consequences of climate change and the human rights that are defended in this forum. Global […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 56th session July 2024 [Excerpt of the declaration] Despite being key protectors of biodiversity and promoters of agricultural practices that safeguard environmental equilibriums, peasants and rural communities face severe impacts from the climate crisis. This paradox threatens their ability to meet basic needs, exacerbated by the agribusiness sector causing environmental degradation and […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 49th session March 2022 [Excerpt from the declaration] For more than three years, the activities of the French multinational firm Total in Uganda have prevented hundreds of thousands of people from cultivating their land, denying the rights of the communities to work, food, dignity, and life. Read the CETIM’s oral statement
Murder of Berta Cáceres
Argentina: Human right to health
Human rights and climate change
Right to development and rights of peasants to combat climate crisis
Human and environmental rights: violations by Total in Uganda
