«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
1. We wish to congratulate the international community for convening the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR). We are pleased to note that the Conference had been a success in achieving one of its main objective by setting a political and moral framework to reactivate the world efforts to combat […] 1. The 57th session of the Commission on Human Rights resolved to “ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants” based on 25 points which articulate how these rights are to be ensured. At the same time, having recognized the serious challenges to the full enjoyment of human rights and the […] Since 1995, military and paramilitary presence and actions in Chiapas’ Indigenous communities has led entire communities to leave their homes and to live in make-shift camps where survival is increasingly difficult. The massive exodus from the municipality of Chenalhó in Los Altos de Chiapas is one of the more serious examples. After the massacre of […] [During its sitting on 21 May 2012, the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs took note of the fact that the two-year suspension of the CETIM’s consultative status would end in July 2012. During the same sitting, Turkey (which had requested this sanction against the CETIM) declared that it would not oppose the restitution of its status […] As a non-governmental organization engaged in human rights issues that impact the lives of the dispossessed and marginalized in different parts of the world, the Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM) expresses grave concern that changes in asylum and immigration policies in the European Union in light of September 11 are severely undermining the fundamental rights of […]
Comments on the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR)
In Defense of Migrants Rights: A Call for the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants
The Situation of Displaced Persons due to the War in Chiapas. The Acteal Case
Turkey condemns the Petition for the teaching of the Kurdish language
Changing Asylum and Immigration Policies, the Threat to Democracy in the European Union after September 11 and the Situation of Kurdish Refugees in the UK
