State and Environmental Violence in West Papua
Final Judgement of the Permanent People's Tribunal

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, an international organization established in 1979 to examine and pronounce independent judgements on severe violations of human and peoples’ rights that do not find a space in the procedures of established courts of international law, held public hearings on the continuing violence in West Papua at Queen Mary University of London between 27-29 June 2024, following an indictment prepared by international and Indonesian human and environmental rights organizations and associations. This is the final statement of the judges sitting in this session of the Tribunal. It was presented on 1 October 2024 to the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The documentation submitted to the Tribunal and the testimonies heard in the public hearings painted a picture of a devastating, criminal and continuing attack on West Papuan lives and livelihoods. West Papua represents an exemplary case of contemporary denial of the right of self-determination recognised in the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples which gave birth to this Tribunal in 1979.

The Tribunal judges made extensive, urgent recommendations regarding ancestral land, environment and Indigenous Papuans; internally displaced peoples; justice and the rule of law; access to UN and humanitarian assistance; the culpability of the private sector; reparations; and the role of other countries of the region, the international community, private actors, and national and international civil organisations.