MONSANTO TRIBUNAL AND PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY!
The hearings of the Monsanto Tribunal have been
very impressive, and so was the People’s Assembly.
During the last two days the world was watching
witnesses’ testimonies, lawyers’ pleas, and the first
impressions of the judges. We had 750 participants
in The Hague representing 30 nationalities from all
over the world, thousands were following us online
on the livestream and social media, and the Tribunal received a lot of press attention.
Both victims and experts thanked us for giving
them a voice on this important international
platform; and a very well documented voice in this
new process to hold corporations accountable for
their acts.
coming out of the mind of angry activists. Those
issues, just like the right to a healthy environment
are likely to become more important with climate
change. It is our duty to set legal tools to face those
issues. The Monsanto Tribunal is a step and a tool
within this dynamic."
The Tribunal received quite a lot of media coverage.
From French and German TV news programs
to many newspapers and radio programs in
various countries. See the links on our social media
platforms (and later on the website).
The chairwoman of the Tribunal, Judge Tulkens,
expressed the importance of the Tribunal in an
interview with the French newspaper, Le Monde:
“The questions of the access to water and to
healthy food are old. Those are not new issues
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