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Advocating for a new UN mechanism on peasants’ rights

At the occasion of the 49th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the rights of peasants were back on the table of the UN space in Geneva. Representatives of LVC, FIAN International and CETIM participated in the session and used the opportunity to advocate for the promotion and implementation of the UN Declaration of […]

Apartheid in Israel/Palestine: UN Special Rapporteur calls on the Israeli government to end its occupation of Palestinian territories

In his latest report, Mr. S. Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, concludes that the State of Israel is practicing an apartheid regime toward the Palestinians.

Human and environmental rights: violations by Total in Uganda

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 24, 2022 – 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. The origin of the problem lies in the implantation of […]

Violation of the right to water in northern and eastern Syria

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 29, 2022 – The International Commission of Inquiry on Syria presented its annual report at the 49th regular session of the HRC. The report highlighted the catastrophic humanitarian and human rights record of the conflict over the past 11 years, while omitting the role played by foreign military occupation forces in […]

TNCs and human rights: drifts and deceptions at the UN

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 22nd March 2022 – Disappointment in the Global Campaign at the presentation of the report at the UN on the latest developments on the Binding Treaty on Transnationals and Human Rights.

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