Crimes against humanity in Gaza

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine’s Emergency Session on Israel’s Operation Protective Edge held last Wednesday in Brussels has found evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of murder, extermination and persecution and also incitement to genocide.
    The Jury [1] reported: ‘The cumulative effect of the long-standing regime of collective punishment in Gaza appears to inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about the incremental destruction of the Palestinians as a group in Gaza.’ http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/

Israel’s Crimes in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge – Extraordinary session of the Russell Tribunal

The Russell Tribunal completed its deliberations on 17 March 2013. The final report made a wide range of recommendations to address the unacceptable impact on Palestinian people as a result of the Israeli governmen's apartheid policies.

Following Israel’s aggressive war in Gaza in recent weeks the Tribunal has convened an extraordinary session to be held in Brussels on 24 and 25 September. This session will look into Israel’s Crimes (including War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and the Crime of Genocide) during the still ongoing “Operation Protective Edge” as well as third States complicity.

On Palestine, G4S and the Prison Industrial Complex

In London on 13 December 2013, War on Want, School of Law at SOAS and the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will be hosting a landmark discussion on justice for Palestine and the Stop G4S campaign. This will be a unique opportunity to hear eminent feminist scholar-activists Angela Davis and Gina Dent discussing Palestine and the struggle for liberty in a world of growing militarisation, privatised repression and the proliferation of prisons.
http://waronwant.org/news/events/18019-on-palestine-g4s-and-the-prison-industrial-complex-an-evening-with-angela-davis-and-gina-dent

Russell Tribunal on Palestine - Final Session

At its final session in Brussels on 16/17 March 2013, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine ended its four-year examination of third party complicity in Israeli violations of International Law.

Closing session of Russell Tribunal on Palestine - starts tomorrow

The final session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will meet for the last time on 16-17 March. The jury of the Tribunal (which received the backing of UNISON National Delegate Conference in 2012) will issue a final recommendation and produce a final report on Israel's violations of International Law, third party complicity and what it means for us all:
http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/sessions/final-session

Free Marwan Barghouti

In a letter sent to the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine RToP has urged him to free Palestinian political prisoner and Fatah leader Marwan Barghout. This would make it possible for Barghouti to participate in the Tribunal’s closing session, which will take place in Brussels on 16 and 17 March.

Final session Russell Tribunal on Palestine

The final session of the RToP will take place in Brussels on 16-17 March 2013. The jury of the tribunal during this session, will issue a final recommendation/finding which will take the four previous session of the tribunal into consideration. The following jury members have already confirmed that they will attend: Roger Waters, Angela Davis, Dennis Banks, Michael Mansfield QC, Mairead Maguire, Ronnie Kasrils, John Dugard, Judge Martin Pallin, Miguel Angel Estrella, Stephane Hessel, Cynthia McKinney and Lord Anthony Gifford.
 On Saturday 16th in the evening (from 7.30pm) a cultural night will be organised with bands (TBC) and speakers. So save the date and spread the word!
Frank Barat

Live stream for Russell Tribunal NY session

You can watch all of the expert testimony and jury questioning at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP), taking place in New York City, October 6–7, 2012, on live stream at Free Speech TV http://www.livestream.
com/fstv2 and on the Russell Tribunal's Web site starting at 10am (5am GMT) each morning and ending by 6PM (1pm).

Alice Walker and Desmond Tutu on the Russell Tribunal on Palestine

Please watch and circulate this 3-minute video explaining the urgency behind the Russell Tribunal on Palestine coming to New York City, Oct. 6-7, 2012. South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker motivate the final session in NYC of this international people's tribunal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCYpFv_FljE&feature=share&list=UUeQK4F_9degvOIiWb7fpIVA

Russell Tribunal on Palestine summary of findings now available!

"...the Tribunal concludes that Israel’s rule over the Palestinian people, wherever they reside, collectively amounts to a single integrated regime of apartheid"
Summary of findings, pictures and letter sent by Russell Tribunal to South African government are available here: http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/
en/sessions/south-afric Full findings, videos and presentations will be available shortly.
Frank Barat

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine - live on-line today

Today the South Africa session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine can be watched live on line from 10am. If you want to view contributions from Desmond Tutu, Alice Walker, Stephane Hessel, John Dugard, Michael Mansfield, Vavi, Mairead Maguire, Jeff Halper, Jamal Juma'a, Haneen Zoabi and many others go to: http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/

Russell Tribunal on Palestine will convene in Cape Town's iconic District Six

The third session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine is to convene in Cape Town in November to answer the question whether the treatment of Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories fits the international legal definitions of the crime of apartheid.