«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 49th session 28 February – 01 April 2022 [Excerpt from the declaration] For more than three years, the activities of the French multinational firm Total in Uganda have prevented hundreds of thousands of people from cultivating their land, denying the rights of the communities to work, food, dignity, and life. Read the […]
Continue readingWORKING GROUP ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT 22nd Session 22-26 November 2021 CETIM made several comments in relation to the debate on the human rights obligations of transnational corporations. Confusion is being maintained on this subject in certain circles, whether or not deliberately, despite the fact that it is an extremely important question for the […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 47th session 21 June – 15 July 2021 CETIM and its partners have expressed their concern about the tendency to reduce the legal responsibility of companies to the extremely narrow component of due diligence by the Working Group of Experts on TNCs and Human Rights. Read the CETIM’ oral statement Read the […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 46th session 22 February – 19 March 2021 Perla Alvarez, representative of La Via Campesina, addressed the plenary assembly of the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), on the occasion of the presentation of the report of the new UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Mr. […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 46th session 22 February – 24 March 2021 Five years after the peace accords, 250 signatories and 1,139 social leaders have been assassinated, most of them peasants, indigenous and black communities, which indicates that in Colombia, a social leader is assassinated every 41 hours.
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