«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 the rights of peasants
INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE RIGHTS OF PEASANTS June 2014 [Extract from the declaration] CETIM gives its unwavering support to the process initiated in the Working Group charged with drafting a Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Persons Working in Rural Areas and assures its support to your presidency. CETIM also welcomes the growing […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 28th session March 2015 [Extract from the statement] In her recommendations, the Special Rapporteur rightly calls for social protection for everyone. In this respect, we would like to draw your attention to the situation of peasants. Considered as self-employed, most farmers do not benefit from social security. Yet this is a crucial […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 37th session La Via Campesina played a very important role in the peace agreements in Colombia. It was granted official observer status on the issue of agrarian reform, a fundamental pillar for ensuring lasting and comprehensive peace. Read CETIM’s oral declaration in French HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 42nd session September 2019 CETIM is alarmed by the non-stop extra-judicial executions of zebu (cattle) breeders in the south of Madagascar, perpetrated by the forces of law and order under successive governments since 2012 until the present day. Read CETIM’s oral statement in French Watch the video subtitled in English HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 56th session July 2024 Since the social-political outbreak of December 2022, the CETIM has supported the Peruvian indigenous-peasant organisations – protagonists of the social protests – in their advocacy work within the UN human rights mechanisms. Read the CETIM’s oral statement in Spanish Watch the video subtitled in English
The right to land must be an essential element of the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward
Oral statement: situation in Colombia
Extra-judicial executions in Madagascar
Peru: criminalisation of social protests continues
