17. The conquest of Latin America and the International Law (Padua-Venice, 5-8 October 1992)

The seventeenth session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, which took place in 1992 to mark the 500th anniversary of the so-called ‘discovery’ of the Americas, was devoted to the theme ‘The Conquest of America and International Law’. The Tribunal offered a critical re-examination of the conquest from the perspective of those who suffered its consequences.…