The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is an international ‘opinion tribunal’ that assembles panels of judges to rule on any serious crime committed to the detriment of peoples and minorities. The Tribunal’s origins are in the Russell Tribunals on Vietnam (1966-67) and on the dictatorships in Latin America (1973-76); it is a permanent institution devoted to listening to peoples forced to deal with the absence of law and impunity.

“Over 3 days, a panel of 7 international judges heard evidence relating to state and environmental violence in Indonesian occupied West Papua. The panel heard from a total of 28 individuals, in person, via video recording and live from West Papua via zoom. The panel also received supplementary written testimonies. You can explore those testimonies below.”