Press releases

The WTO at a deadlock: Will the Ministerial Conference save it?

The current architecture of global trade, led by the World Trade Organization (WTO), is at a historic breaking point. The neoliberal model, based on unchecked market liberalization, privatization of public services, and the widespread commodification of all aspects of our societies, has failed to deliver on its promises of development and prosperity. On the contrary, […]

Argentina: Mapuche Community presents a Referral to the UN to Denounce Persecution, Criminalization, and the Impact of Extractivism

JOINT PRESS RELEASE February 24, 2026 The Mapuche community of the Lof Pillañ Mahuiza (Patagonia, Argentina) announces that, with the support of CETIM, an organization holding consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a complaint has been submitted to several UN human rights protection mechanisms. The decision to bring the case […]

When UN Experts Denounce the Criminalization of Peasant Struggles in France

Paris, Geneva, January 29, 2026. The Confédération Paysanne (Peasant Confederation) and CETIM welcome the position paper published on January 26 by several United Nations human rights experts*. These experts express their deep concern regarding the use of mass arrests, the criminalization of social movements, and the prosecution of peasants and union leaders in France. This […]

52 peasants arrested in France: Confédération paysanne and CETIM appeal the UN

JOINT PRESS RELEASE CETIM – Confédération paysanne Paris, Geneva, January 15, 2026 – The Confédération paysanne and CETIM filed today an official complaint with several Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council, following the arrest and detention of 52 peasants, members of the Confédération paysanne, during a protest in Paris yesterday, January 14, […]

PRESS RELEASE – Condemnation of the EU-MERCOSUR agreement and the criminalization of peasant struggles

PRESS RELEASE Solidarity with peasants in struggle No to the European Union–MERCOSUR agreement! No to the unjust slaughter of herds in France! Geneva, 9 January 2026. CETIM expresses its firm solidarity with peasants’ organizations and communities mobilized across Europe against the European Union–MERCOSUR agreement. On Friday, 9 January 2026, the agreement in question was formally […]

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