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This is the preserved announcement for the half-day opening at The People’s Forum on January 28, 2023. It includes the embedded recording, promotional artwork, speaker roster as printed at the time, and historical registration language. Dates and venue copy describe the live program, not a future meeting.
For what followed the launch, open Closing event, Hearing schedules, Videos & transcripts, and the chronological Updates. Background on structure sits on About. Support or questions route through Contact.
Watch the full recording on YouTube.
THE LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL
With a special presentation by former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya, Dr. Willy Mutunga
After two years of dedicated organizing, organizers announced the launch of the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. The project aimed to build systems of accountability rooted in global cross-movement solidarity, both within and outside of the law, to challenge the violence of imperialism through sanctions. With jurists from several regions, the stated framing was to examine sanctions from the perspective of those most harmed by them, including peoples across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
This half-day event took place on January 28, 2023, at The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018, with an international coalition of over 30 organizations. The tribunal cycle then ran for roughly six months and closed with an event hosted by the Simón Bolívar Institute in Caracas, Venezuela in July 2023.
The launch event featured a distinguished group of jurists, scholars, and activists, including:
- Nina Farnia, Co-chair of the Tribunal Steering Committee & Professor of Law, Albany Law School
- Niloufer Bhagwat, Confederation of Lawyers of Asia and the Pacific
- Brian Becker, ANSWER Coalition
- Mireille Fanon Mendès-France, The Frantz Fanon Foundation
- Booker Omole, Communist Party of Kenya
- Carlos Ron, Vice Minister of Foreign Relations for North America
- Suzanne Adely – President National Lawyers Guild & Tribunal Steering Committee
- Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Former United Nations Independent Expert
- Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Historian & Scholar
- Claudia De La Cruz, People’s Forum
- Sara Flounders, Sanctions Kill
- Helyeh Doutaghi, Co-chair of the Tribunal Steering Committee & Adjunct Professor, Carleton University
Historical registration link for the live date: The People’s Forum.
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This notice was written for attendees ahead of the January 28, 2023 program.
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