Over five days, a panel of seven Judges from the UK, New Zealand, Spain and Canada met to consider a claim of genocide and crimes against humanity against Canada, for its treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Indigenous Peoples. We heard evidence of the forced removal, physical abuse and rape of young children; of confinement,…
The 57th session, dedicated to missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves in Canada, was convened at the request of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal, with the support of various organisations, so that the Tribunal could address the need for truth, visibility and accountability regarding the abuses suffered by Indigenous children, their families and communities,…
On September 30, 2026, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) will release the Final Judgement of its 57th session on Missing and Disappeared Indigenous Children and Unmarked Burials in Canada, convened at the request of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal. The international PPT Panel of Judges reviewed over…
Javier Giraldo Moreno, S.J., passed away on 25 August in Bogotá at the age of 82. A key figure in Colombia’s dramatic human rights history of the last 50 years, he was an indispensable point of reference on the international stage for all liberation movements. Since the 1970s, he was involved in the work of…
The takeover of Afghanistan on the 15 August 2021 by the Taliban has resulted in an institutionalised system of oppression and repression which particularly and disproportionately affects and impacts the public and private lives of women and girls. Through numerous edicts and decrees, the Taliban have deprived them of core fundamental human rights. The enforcement…
According to the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice (CCCCJ), 2026 has been another year of bloody destruction for West Papuans. On the second anniversary of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal’s session on State and environmental violence in West Papua, reports and news from the region still confirm a critical situation of violations of human…
On 4 July 1976, a large assembly of representatives of liberation movements, exiles from military dictatorships (those in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina were at their peak), international jurists, and economists approved the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples in Algiers, conceived as a necessary complement to the 1948 United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.…
Preserving and enhancing the archives of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is an essential part of the Tribunal’s and the Fondazione Lelio e Lisli Basso’s commitment to protecting the memory of struggles for peoples’ rights. Making the documentation produced during the Tribunal’s sessions accessible preserves indispensable sources for the future of peoples’ rights and provides scholars,…
Download the press release in pdf Download the PPT statement in extended format in pdf June 11, 2026 The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) expresses its profound concern at the European Union’s decision to invite representatives of the Taliban to Brussels for discussions on the forced return of Afghan migrants. This move represents a dangerous…
