51. The murder of journalists

People without borders, Jurisprudence

On 19 September, in Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, the panel of judges of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) delivered its judgment following a process of public hearings inaugurated in November 2021 at the request of Safer World for Truth Coalition – composed by Free Press Unlimited, Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, and supported by the Syrian Centre for Press and Freedom of Expression and the Centre for Justice and Accountability – and articulated in three different thematic hearings each dedicated one of the exemplary cases for the murder of journalists: from Mexico, Miguel Angel López Velasco, from Sri Lanka, Lasantha Wickrematunge, and from Syria, Nabil Walid Al-Sharbaji.

50. Pandemic and authoritarianism. The Bolsonaro government’s responsibility for the systematic violations of the fundamental rights of Brazilian peoples perpetrated through the policies imposed in the Covid-19 pandemic

Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, Jurisprudence

Following the conclusion of the 50th session on Pandemic and Authoritarianism, held at the University of São Paulo’s law faculty, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) issued a judgment recognizing President Jair Messias Bolsonaro liable for crimes against humanity, and for resulting in the deaths of thousands of people as a consequence of Covid-19 prevention policies.

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal convicts Bolsonaro of crimes against humanity committed during the Covid-19 pandemic

News from the PPT

Following the conclusion of the 50th session on Pandemic and Authoritarianism, held at the University of São Paulo’s law faculty, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) issued a judgment recognizing President Jair Messias Bolsonaro liable for crimes against humanity, and for resulting in the deaths of thousands of people as a consequence of Covid-19 prevention policies.…

Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1 September 2022: Session on Pandemic and Authoritarianism, presentation of the PPT judgment

News from the PPT

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) will hold on 1 September 2022 in São Paulo, Brazil, from 10 am 12:30 pm Brazilian time, the closing act of the session ‘Pandemic and Authoritarianism. The responsibility of the Bolsonaro government for the systematic violations of the fundamental rights of Brazilian peoples perpetrated through the policies imposed in the…

São Paulo, Brazil, May 24 and 25, 2022: Session on Pandemic and Authoritaniarism

News from the PPT

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) will held  in São Paulo, Brazil, on May 24 and 25, 2022, the Session on “Pandemic and Authoritaniarism. The responsibility of the Bolsonaro government for systematic violations of the fundamental rights of the Brazilian peoples perpetrated through the policies imposed in the Covid-19 pandemic”.  This Session is organized in response to a request received from…

Berlin, 20-22 May, 2022: Peoples’ Tribunal on Sri Lanka – Session III

News from the PPT

Following the Sessions held in Dublin (14-16 January 2010) and Bremen (7-10 December 2013), the third Peoples’ Tribunal on Sri Lanka will take place under the aegis of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on 20-22 May 2022 in Berlin. As was the case with previous sessions, this third session was requested by the Internationaler Menschenrechtsverein Bremen (https://humanrights.de/) in collaboration…