At the request of a network of associations and institutions representing the Kurdish people of Rojava, the Tribunal met in Brussels on 5–6 February 2025. The session examined the alleged crimes of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by senior Turkish officials in north-eastern Syria from 2018 to the present. It concluded with…
At the request of Queen Mary University’s Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice (CCCCJ) and a network of human rights and environmental organisations, the Tribunal met in London from 27 to 29 June 2024 to examine human rights violations committed by the Indonesian government against the indigenous peoples of West Papua. In particular, the…
The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal met in Berlin in May 2022 for its third session dedicated to Sri Lanka, which was attended by human rights activists from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. This session followed two previous sessions by the Tribunal: the first, held in Dublin in 2010, shortly after the massacre of the Eelam…
The Judgment is available in Italian and French
The Judgment is available in Italian, English, French and Portuguese
At the request of the Puerto Rican section of the International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on the case of Puerto Rico in Barcelona from 27 to 29 January 1989. During the proceedings, the colonial nature of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United…
The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal session on Nicaragua, held in Brussels from 5 to 8 October 1984, examined the allegations of aggression levelled against the United States by various Nicaraguan organisations and social groups in light of fundamental international legal principles. The Tribunal analysed the political, military, economic and logistical support that the United States provided…
At the request of the Comisión de los derechos humanos de Guatemala, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on Guatemala in Madrid from 27 to 31 January 1983, one year after General Efraín Ríos Montt’s coup d’état. The proceedings revealed the military regime’s shift towards authoritarianism, the suspension of constitutional rights, and the systematic…
From 16 to 20 December 1982, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a second session on Afghanistan in Paris to conclude its investigation into violations of international humanitarian law during the conflict. This investigation was based on the work of the Special Commission established at the previous session in Stockholm. Based on evidence gathered regarding methods…
At the request of organisations and citizens opposed to the government of Mobutu Sese Seko, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on Zaire in Rotterdam from 18 to 20 September 1982. The session examined political repression and systematic human rights violations in the country, as well as the economic crisis, and analysed the responsibilities…
