«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 Item 2, Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Colombia March 2015 [Extract from the statement] CETIM and OIDHACO welcome the presentation of the High Commissioner’s report and underline the importance of his Office in Colombia with the mandate it has today. […] Mr. Chair, The phenomenon of vulture funds is inextricably linked to states’ debt, and it affects most countries. Thus, the CETIM and the CADTM1 welcome the mandate that the Human Rights Council has given to the Advisory Committee regarding the effect of vulture fund activities on human rights, and we offer the Committee our support […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 25th session Mars 2014 [Exerpt of the declaration] It is now recognized that the debt is a heavy burden and that it has a major impact on almost all aspects of the people’s lives of the concerned countries. Worse, it constitutes a tool of domination that deprives the people of the indebted […] Forty years after the coup d’Etat, Chile remains marked by two decades of military dictatorship. The democratic transition that followed is left incomplete: The current constitution was established under the rule of General Pinochet, the victims of the dictatorship only rarely receive compensation for their suffering. The process of democratization needs to continue so Chile can leave behind its dark period of history. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 23rd session June 2013 [Excerpt of the declaration] The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the Europe – Third World Centre (CETIM) welcome the decision of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in order to draw attention to the use of drones and other lethal robots. These new […]
The human rights situation in Colombia
Activities of Vulture Funds and Their Impact on Human Rights
Report of the independent expert on debt
Assessment of human rights in Chile: 40 years later
The use of drones and other lethal robots
