«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 at the UN on the theme of impunity of transnational corporations
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 58th session 24 February – 4 April 2025 [Excerpt from the statement] ‘In recent years, we have witnessed a strategy of diversion and manoeuvring on the part of the Chair of the said Working Group, which is under the sway of the TNC lobbies and certain powerful States. Their aim is to […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 55th session 26 February – 5 April 2024 We are witnessing a diversionary strategy on the part of the Chair of the Working Party, with the aim of derailing the process and diluting the content of the future treaty. The latest maneuver was an attempt to impose a new resolution aimed at […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd session 27 February – 4 April 2023 The impunity of TNCs is the reason for the creation of the Intergovernmental Working Group charged with drafting a binding treaty. However, we are concerned by the opaque way in which the negotiations are being conducted and the attempts to sideline the participation of […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 50th session 13 June – 8 July 2022 [Excerpt of the declaration] It is clear, from the report on the role corporations played during the COVID-19 pandemic, that business-related human rights violations can only be tackled from a human rights perspective. Read the CETIM’s oral statement
Continue readingAs an association acting as an interface between partner organisations and the UN international system, CETIM has continued to make use of the UN’s mechanisms for the protection of human rights in relation to different situations and specific violations. Here are some extracts. Repression, racism et rights violations of indigenous communities in Bogotá CETIM and […]
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