38. Free trade, violence, impunity and peoples’ rights in Mexico (Mexico, 2011-2014)

Economic crimes, Environmental crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Jurisprudence

In October 2011, a broad network of Mexican civil society groups, associations, movements and individuals filed a petition with the Tribunal, requesting an investigation into the effects of the country’s adopted neoliberal economic policies since NAFTA came into force. The opening session was held in Ciudad Juárez from 27 to 29 May 2012, during which…

37. Session on Agrochemical transnational corporations (Bengaluru, 3-6 December 2011)

Economic crimes, Environmental crimes, Jurisprudence

In July 2008, representatives of Pesticide Action Network International (PAN), supported by 48 other organisations, submitted a request to the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal for action to determine whether multinational agrochemical companies were responsible for mass deaths, serious health damage, environmental plunder and the destruction of ecological balance and biodiversity. After two years of case collection…