«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
Mr. Chairman, The Woman peasant has a long tradition of harvesting, selecting and propagating varieties of seed for both nutritional and medical purposes. They are the principle guardians of the world’s genetic resources and biodiversity. The traditional knowledge should be honored and respected and the skills passed on to new generations. The future of the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 58th session 18 March – 26 April 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] Firstly, the constitutional reform on indigenous rights and culture, adopted by Congress a year ago, is a total denial of the rights of Mexico’s indigenous peoples. It profoundly alters the COCOPA bill, failing to recognise indigenous peoples as subjects of […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 57th session 19 March – 21 April 2001 Read the CETIM written statement 1. The Colombia Plan Presented as a fight against drug trafficking and officially dubbed “a plan for peace, prosperity and the strengthening of the state”, the Colombia Plan is in reality a military operation whose objectives are the opposite […] The above-listed non-governmental organizations are deeply concerned by the degradation of the economic, social and sanitary conditions in Iraq as a result of the embargo, and by the effects the contamination caused by the use of depleted uranium weaponry has on the population and the environment in Iraq. For these reasons, they organized a conference […] In a context of non-existent or seriously inadequate national and international legislation regulating the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs), CETIM reiterates its concern about massive violations of human rights brought about by these corporations, with cooperation from States of the North and the South alike. The oil sector provides eloquent examples of this. Considering that […]
Woman peasant: guardians of the world’s genetic resources and biodiversity
Situation of indigenous peoples in Mexico and criticism of the ‘Puebla-Panama Plan’
The Participation of Transnational Corporations in the Development and Implementation of Colombia Plan
Use of Depleted Uranium Weaponry
The Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project and its impact on the enjoyment of human rights
