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

4 October 2024

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.

file iconFinal Judgement of the Permanent People's Tribunal Regarding West Papua

Advisory Opinion
Permanent People's Tribunal Session on Human Rights, Fracking and Climate Change
Alberto Acosta Espinosa, Lilia América Albert Palacios, Andrés Barreda, Upendra Baxi, Gill H. Boehringer, Maria Fernanda Campa, Louis Kotzé, Larry Lohmann, Francesco Martone, and Antoni Pigrau Solé

12 April 2019

In 2018, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal -- established in 1979 as a continuation of the Russell Tribunals on Vietnam (1966-67) and Latin America (1973-76) -- was requested by community organizations and academic groups to formulate an Advisory Opinion on fracking and other unconventional oil and gas extraction techniques.

In writing their Opinion, the judges considered material from two years of investigations and regional tribunals in a number of countries. The final session heard summary testimonies via a virtual platform on 14-18 May 2018.

file iconPPT Advisory Opinion on Human Rights, Fracking and Climate Change

Court action to stop UK government department lifting ban on child and forced labour
The Corner House and Samata

30 April 2010

Lawyers acting for The Corner House and Indian group Samata requested a Judicial Review of the decision by the UK's Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) effectively scrapping its absolute ban on providing financial support to projects overseas involving "harmful" child labour and forced labour. ECGD stated in response that it does not have to consider whether its support contributes to human rights abuse, because it "does not owe obligations to persons outside the jurisdiction of the UK".

file iconGrounds for Judicial Review
file iconECGD response to Grounds
file iconFirst reply to ECGD's response
file iconAdditional reply to ECGD's response
file iconCorner House witness statement
file iconAnnex 1: comparisons with other ECAs