«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 58th session 24 February – 04 April 2025 [Extract from the declaration] ‘Faced with an international financial system that hinders the ability of governments to guarantee the right to food and protects the interests of agribusiness and speculative financial institutions, a change of course is needed. As the report points out, this […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 58th session 24 February – 04 April 2025 [Excerpt from the statement] ‘As analysed in our recent book on ESC rights, the neo-liberal economic policies implemented worldwide over the last four decades have profoundly changed the economic environment and labour relations. Offshoring, anti-union practices, precarious employment and unemployment have become almost commonplace […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 57th session 9 September – 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. Read […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 57th session 9 September – 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 the […]
Continue readingHUMAN 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
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