«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
CETIM’s actions, with its partners in the field, in favour of the Haitian people
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session The country is faced with a social structure based on the power of criminal “gangs”. Since the 1980s, these armed groups have been instrumentalised by the political powers. Read the CETIM’s written statement
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PRESS RELEASE Geneva 4th October 2023 – CETIM and La Via Campesina express concern over foreign intervention in Haiti and demand human rights protection. The 2nd of October 2023, the UN Security Council approved the deployment of an international security force to supposedly fight gang violence and restore security. Social movements and peasants’ organizations have […]
Continue readingToday, Haïti is faced with a social structure based on the power of criminal “gangs”i. Since the 1980s, these armed groups have been exploited by political powers. This phenomenon is on the increase with the presidency of Jovenel Moïse, who is said to have operated in concert with gangs to maintain himself in power until […]
Continue readingI. History of a genocide and of an ecocide1 When, in 1492, Columbus landed on the island he named La Española (Haiti and Santo Domingo), he found a veritable orchard populated by a large indigenous population living in peace. The deforestation of the island to make room for crops of the conquerors and physically eliminating […]
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