«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
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 54th session (11 September – 13 October 2023) Chile has a unique water model in the world, based on the privatisation of water sources and water management, which was inherited from the military dictatorship (1973-1990), was deepened during the governments of the transition to democracy and continues to this day. In simple […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 54th session (11 September – 13 October 2023) [Excerpt from the declaration] Following the military takeover of Niger on July 26, 2023, regional institutions and international organizations such as ECOWAS, UEMOA, the AU, the World Bank and the European Union began taking unprecedented measures against Niger and its people. These economic and […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd session (27 February – 4 April 2023) CETIM and the Confédération Paysanne are concerned about the increasing construction of mega-basins in France, water storage facilities for industrial agricultural irrigation that flout farmers’ right to water. Thanks to 70% public funding, these huge structures benefit a minority of farmers who steal water […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd session The systemic violence that manifests itself in today’s agri-food systems mainly affects already vulnerable and marginalized populations, such as peasants and others working in rural areas. This violence and inequity inherent in the dominant system are by no means inevitable; they are the result of the imposition of a very […] HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 51st session (12 September-7 October 2022) [Excerpt from the statement] Diego Montón calls on the Human Rights Council and all UN member states to work together to advance the implementation of the Declaration, in particular through the creation of a monitoring mechanism on the rights of peasants’ rights within the UN human […]
Violations of the right to water in Chile
Sanctions and human rights violations in Niger
Mega-basins flout farmers’ right to water in France
Systemic violence in agri-food systems
Establishment of a monitoring mechanism on the rights of peasants’ rights
