«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
In the following pages, you will find CETIM’s English declarations to the UN on the theme of economic, social and cultural rights
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 57th session (9 September 2024 – 11 October 2024) Argentina is experiencing a profound food crisis. According to UNICEF, one in two households with children stopped buying food because of lack of money. In addition, more than one million children have had to skip one meal a day for lack of money. […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 57th session (9 September 2024 – 11 October 2024) The main obstacles to the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) include the failure to respect the self-determination of peoples and the sovereignty of States, as well as the unjust international economic order. Read the CETIM’s oral declaration in French Watch […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 56th session 18 June – 12 July 2024 For a genuine human rights-based poverty reduction policy, the structural foundations of the dominant economic, social, financial and trade system must be addressed. Read the CETIM’s oral statement in French Watch the video subtitled in English HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session March 2024 Until 2017, Ecuador was one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a rate of 5.8 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. However, according to figures from local NGOs, in the month of January 2024, the same rate reached 43 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, making it the most violent […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session (26 February – 5 April 2024) According to the International Labour Organization, more than 60% of the world’s working population, employed in the informal sector, is excluded from social security systems, even though this is a human right. The situation is no better in rural areas. The vast majority of […]
Argentina: Repression of social movements, increased poverty and malnutrition
ESC rights and the fight against inequality
For a genuine poverty reduction policy
Situation of human rights in Ecuador
Social security systems weakened or destroyed
