The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal will hold a Hearing on The hostile environment on trial, with a focus on the working condition of migrants and refugees. The hearing is part of the Session on The violation of human rights of migrants and refugee peoples (2017-2019): Date: Saturday 3RD and Sunday 4TH November 2018 Place of the public…
A Call for Justice and Action for Myanmar One year after the PPT Judgment on the genocide September 2017 – September 2018 (download the document in pdf) The judgment of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Myanmar: genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity One year ago, on 22 September 2017, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on…
A Call for Justice and Action for Myanmar One year after the PPT Judgment on the genocide September 2017 – September 2018 (download the document in pdf) The judgment of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Myanmar: genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity One year ago, on 22 September 2017, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal…
The Declaration of the PPT panel of the judges that heard in Barcelona, on the occasion of the hearing on “non-law” spaces (29 June – 1 July 2018) is available in Spanish. Representatives of associations and communities of migrants reported numerous cases of violation of human rights occurring at the southern border of Spain and more…
In the framework of the Session on the violation of the rights of migrants and refugees, the hearing on the “No rights” spaces will take place in the city of Barcelona from June 29 to July 1, along three axes: Southern border with Spain, Gender, Minors and young people (see here the program with the…
The PPT is an international, fully independent organization established in 1979 as an opinion Tribunal having as its primary statute the Universal Declaration of Peoples’ Rights (Algiers, 1976). The main aim of the PPT is to contribute to the struggle of peoples for their self-determination and the prevention, assessment, judgment and reparation of their fundamental…
The Session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on “Alleged violations of international law and international humanitarian law by the Turkish Republic and its officials in their relations with the Kurdish people and their organisations” took place in Paris, France on 15 and 16 March 2018. The Tribunal will announce its Judgment (EN – FR) at…
Peoples’ Tribunals and International Law (Edited by Andrew Byrnes and Gabrielle Simm, published by the Cambridge University Press in January 2018) came out earlier this year and will be formally launched in Sydney at UNSW on 15 May 2018 (here are the details and registration). The event will be available shortly afterwards on the website of the Australian Human…
Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University will co-host the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Session on Human Rights, Fracking, and Climate Change from May 14 to 18, 2018. The panel of judges of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal will be asked to provide an advisory opinion on four central questions: Under what circumstances do fracking and other…
The recent listing of more than 600 human rights and environmental activists as “terrorists” by the Philippine government is a further and very worrying development in the human rights crisis that has developed under the regime of President Duterte. Given the lawlessness in the country, such a list puts those included in grave peril of…
