«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
At the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on Tuesday 2 July 2024, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, Olivier De Schutter, presented his annual report on the subject. In this document, he presents his reflections aimed at deconstructing the deep roots of poverty and denouncing the dominant economic model which, […]
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During the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the new UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and peaceful assembly, Ms Gina Romero, presented a visit report on Peru drafted by her predecessor, Mr Clément N. Voule. He had visited the country in May 2023 to investigate the bloody repression of social […]
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On 25 June 2024, a new foreign military intervention of Haiti began. However, in October 2023, CETIM, La Via Campesina and the Haitian peasant organisations Tet Kole Ty Peyizan Ayitien, Mouvman Peyizan Papay and Mouvman Peyizan Nasyonal Kongre Papay (via CETIM and La Via Campesina), expressed their concern at the imperialist threat of foreign military […]
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PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 17 June 2024 – On 15 May 2024, the United States removed Cuba from its list of countries that “do not fully cooperate with counterterrorism efforts”. However, the United States maintains Cuba on a list of States that it considers to be promoting and “sponsoring” terrorism. CETIM and the International Association of […]
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For the International Day of Peasant’s Struggles on April 17, Defending Peasants’ Rights and La Via Campesina held a webinar on the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on UNDROP, with three of its experts: Shalmali Guttal, Carlos Duarte and Geneviève Savigny. Watch video
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