The Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) judgment on the genocidal persecution and expulsion of Rohingyas people into Bangladesh, back in 2017, was the first systematic documentation of the Myanmar military junta’s criminal responsibility (openly shared by the former Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi). The pieces of evidence produced by the PPT were further and repetitively…
by Franco Ippolito This contribution, authored by Franco Ippolito, past President of the PPT (2014-2017), provides a reflection on the specific and present significance of the professional and political role of the second President of our Tribunal, Salvatore Senese (2004-2014). Senese played a major role in the Italian institutional scenario by promoting the increasing importance…
The Tribunal becomes theatre. Artist Patricia Allio proposes a documentary performance on migration policies inspired by the session that the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held in Paris in 2018 on the rights of migrants and refugees. The theatrical Project DISPAK DISPAC’H stems from the study and participation in the research project carried out by the Permanent…
The international greeting that accompanied the news of Luís Moita’s death on 28 January – made up primarily of thanks for his unique combination of intelligence, political commitment to the history of the liberation and decolonisation of Portugal and Africa, and the richness and transparency of human relations, of creative networking in social and cultural…
Thulani Maseko acted as a judge of the first session of the PPT on multinational corporations in the Southern African Developing Countries (SADC) held in Manzini, Swaziland, in 2016. Here the 43rd Session on Transnational Corporations in Southern Africa (2016-2018) At the time of his death —the evening of January 21, 2023, in front of…
Following the conclusion of the 50th session on Pandemic and Authoritarianism, held at the University of São Paulo, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) issued a judgment last September which, based on witnesses and the voices of the Brazilian communities, has recognized President Jair Bolsonaro liable for serious crimes against humanity concerning his management of Covid-19, and his…
The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) examined, during the year 2022, the dramatic consequences of the policy of Mr Jair Bolsonaro’s government on the fundamental rights of the Brazilian people. In two sessions, one on the Cerrado (Session on the Defence of the Cerrado Territories, 2021-2022) and the other on the management of the Covid 19…
Find here the Summary of the Judgment 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…
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 (PPT) will hold the closing act of the session on crimes against journalists and freedom of expression on September 19, 2022, at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CET (HERE the video presentation of the event) The PPT proceedings were opened in response to a…
