People without borders Archivi - Permanent Peoples' Tribunal

51. The murder of journalists (Mexico City- The Hague, 2021-2022)

17 October 2022

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 to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, and supported by the Syrian Centre for Press and Freedom of Expression and the Centre for Justice and Accountability – and articulated in three different thematic hearings each dedicated one of the exemplary cases for the murder of journalists: from Mexico, Miguel Angel López Velasco, from Sri Lanka, Lasantha Wickrematunge, and from Syria, Nabil Walid Al-Sharbaji.

45. The violation of human rights of migrants and refugee people (2017-2020)

18 January 2018

Opening Session – Barcelona, 7-8 July 2017
The general Indictment (English – Spanish)
The preliminary conclusions (Spanish)
Hearing of Palermo, 18-20 December 2017
The Indictment (Italian)
The Sentence of the Tribunal (Italian) (Spanish) (English)
Hearing of Paris, 4-5 January 2018
The Indictment (French)
The Sentence of the Tribunal (French – Spanish)

42. Living wage for garment workers in Asia (Sri Lanka 2011; Cambodia 2012; India 2012; Indonesia 2014; Sri Lanka 2015)

1 December 2015

The Tribunal held four public hearings in Sri Lanka (2011), Cambodia (2012), India (2012) and Indonesia (2014), followed by a final session in Sri Lanka (2015). This session was requested by the Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), a network of Asian organisations campaigning for women’s rights in the garment industry and the recognition of a…

28. The violations of fundamental rights of children and adolescents in Brazil (Sao Paulo, 17-19 March 1999)

19 March 1999

Download the Judgment in English and Italian

24. Violations of the fundamental rights of children and minors (Trento, 27-29 March; Macerata, 30 March; Napoles, 1-4 April 1995)

4 April 1995

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 hoc”…

22. Right of asylum in Europe (Berlin, 8-12 December 1994)

12 December 1994

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…