«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 Peruvian people
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 […]
Continue readingHUMAN 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 […]
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During the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the new UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and peaceful assembly, Ms Gina Romero, presented a visit report on Peru drafted by her predecessor, Mr Clément N. Voule. He had visited the country in May 2023 to investigate the bloody repression of social […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 56th session 18 June – 12 July 2024 Since the social-political outbreak of December 2022, the CETIM has supported the Peruvian indigenous-peasant organisations – protagonists of the social protests – in their advocacy work within the UN human rights mechanisms. Read the CETIM’s oral statement in Spanish Watch the video subtitled in […]
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PRESS RELEASE Lima, Geneva, Brussels, December 7, 2023 – On December 7, 2022, the impeachment and imprisonment of peasant president Pedro Castillo and the arbitrary takeover of vice-president Dina Boluarte, with the support of the fujimorista bench and other right-wing parliamentary groups, took place in Peru. An event that resurfaced the historical social fractures of […]
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