The session on workers’ and consumers’ rights in the apparel industry was requested of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) by the Clean Clothes Campaign, and was held in Brussels from April 30 to May 5, 1998. The Campaign documented and presented to the Tribunal cases regarding employment conditions in the textile and sports footwear sector,…
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The second session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on the former Yugoslavia, held in Barcelona from December 7 to 11, 1995, was convened to deepen and expand the conclusions of the previous Bern session, based on new evidence and subsequently collected documentation. The first session and its conclusions are considered an integral part of the…
The Tribunal’s proceedings on violations of the fundamental rights of children and minors took place across three public sessions during the week of March 27 to April 3, 1995, in Trento, Macerata, and Naples. The Indictment, presented by the Archdiocese of São Paulo regarding the “street children population,” was the subject of an “ad…
The request to examine the situation in the former Yugoslavia was submitted to the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) in March 1994 by the Swiss association “Tribunal Former Yugoslavia” from Bern, alongside jurists and civil society organizations. The complexity of the issues led the PPT to divide the proceedings into two sessions: the first was…
At the request of numerous refugee organisations, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a public session in Berlin from 8 to 12 December 1994, during which it ruled on refugee policy and the right to asylum in the Member States of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association. The organisations’ main concerns centred on…
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Initiated by Fondazione Internazionale Lelio Basso per il Diritto e la Liberazione dei Popoli, and the Spanish Coordination of Development NGOs, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a second session on the policies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Madrid from 1 to 3 October 1994. This followed the session held in…
At the request of the International Campaign for Tibet and the Tibetan government in exile, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a public session in Strasbourg from 16 to 20 November 1992. The charges levelled against the People’s Republic of China can be summarised as follows: The entry of Chinese military forces into Tibet in 1949–1950…
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