52. Sri Lanka and Tamil People, Third Session (Berlin, 20-22 May 2023)

Peoples' Self-determination, Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, Jurisprudence

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal met in Berlin in May 2023 for its third session dedicated to Sri Lanka, which was attended by human rights activists from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. This session followed two previous sessions by the Tribunal: the first, held in Dublin in 2010, shortly after the massacre of the Eelam…

Chile 1973-2023: Memories for the Present

News from the PPT

On Monday, Chile commemorated the 50th anniversary of the military coup that inaugurated a bloody dictatorship holding a ceremony at the government palace in La Moneda attended by several regional leaders. The military regime led by General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) killed 3,200 people, of whom 1,469 disappeared. Half a century later, 297 repressors have been…