At the request of the Frente Revolucionário de Timor-Leste Independente (FRETILIN), the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on East Timor in Lisbon from 29 June to 2 July 1981. The session examined the consequences of the territory’s decolonisation process and Indonesian military occupation, as well as the serious violations of the Timorese people’s rights,…
From 1 to 3 May 1981, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held its first session on Afghanistan in Stockholm, examining the consequences of the Soviet military intervention in December 1979. Against the backdrop of widespread international condemnation of the invasion by the United Nations and numerous states, the session aimed to ascertain whether the intervention complied…
At the request of the Comisión de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on El Salvador in Mexico City from 9 to 12 February 1981. The Tribunal was asked to ascertain whether a policy of extermination was being pursued in the country, and to identify the responsibilities of…
At the request of organisations representing the two peoples, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on the Philippines and the Bangsa-Moro people in Antwerp from 30 October to 3 November 1980. The session examined human rights and peoples’ rights violations committed by the Ferdinand Marcos regime, as well as the roles of foreign powers,…
At the request of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on Eritrea in Milan on 24 and 25 May 1980. The session examined the Eritrean question in light of the principle of self-determination, assessing whether the case constituted an ongoing decolonisation process.…
At the request of numerous Argentine human rights organisations, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a session on Argentina in Geneva on 3 and 4 May 1980. The Tribunal examined the repression carried out by the military dictatorship established in 1976, analysing the erosion of the rule of law and systematic human rights violations. Using extensive…
At the request of the Polisario Front, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held its first public session on Western Sahara in Brussels on 10 and 11 November 1979. The aim was to examine the issue ahead of the United Nations General Assembly debate on the territory’s decolonisation process. During the proceedings, the legitimacy of the various…
