Environmental justice

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

    • their living environments
    • their natural resources
    • their way of life and to face
    • and to confront the stranglehold of transnational corporations with the agreement of the States.

 

Toxic wastes

Other documents and links

The “death ship” carrying toxic waste

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 51st session 12 September – 7 October 2022 [Excerpt from the declaration] After mentioning the illegal exploitation of gold and the suffering of the Yanomami people, CETIM and its partners draw the attention of the Human Rights Council to the dismantling of the ship NAe São Paulo (formerly the aircraft carrier Foch), […]

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Interactive dialogue the Special Raporteur on Climate Change

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 50th session 13 June – 8 July 2022 [Excerpt from the declaration] FIAN International, CETIM and La Via Campesina have addressed the Special Rapporteur on Climate Change to highlight the essential role that farmers and others working in rural areas play in feeding the world in a way that is less damaging […]

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Human and environmental rights: violations by Total in Uganda

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 24, 2022 – 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. The origin of the problem lies in the implantation of […]

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