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The
ANSWER Coalition is a co-sponsor of The Tribunal
Introducing:
The International People’s Tribunal on U.S.
Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive
Measures
This Friday | Mar 18 | 9:30 AM
PT, 12:30 PM ET
Introductory
webinar
Presently, the United States, with the support of the United
Nations and European Union, has imposed sanctions and other economic
coercive measures on over 30 percent of the global population, mostly
located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Sanctions are one of the
key tools of U.S. imperialism, leading to mass starvation and
suffering of peoples in the Global South, while opening up markets to
U.S. and European corporations.
The International People’s
Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades & Economic
Coercive Measures is the first tribunal of its kind to address the
destructive effects of sanctions as a tool of U.S. imperialism on a
global scale. Specifically, the Tribunal will challenge the economic
atrocities committed by the United States through the use of the law,
highlighting the unlawful, unjust, and colonial nature of economic
coercive measures.
In collaboration with international
scholar activists and legal experts, the People’s Tribunal will host
an introductory webinar to discuss the urgent need to
take legal action against U.S. sanctions and economic coercive
measures session on March 18 at 9:30am PST. The
webinar will feature:
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Dr. Eva Nanopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen
Mary University in London,
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Carlos Ron, President of the Simón Bolívar Institute
for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples and Venezuela’s Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs for North America,
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Vira Ameli, Interdisciplinary Researcher focused on
Public Health in Iran and the Middle East,
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Dr. Grasian Mkodzongi, Executive Director at Tropical
Africa-Land and Natural Resources Research Institute in
Zimbabwe,
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Maria Lucrecia Hernández, Attorney and Director of
ONG Sures in Venezuela,
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Motee Abumusabeh, Political and Media Activist in
Gaza, Palestine, and
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Moderator: Helyeh Doutaghi, Doctoral Candidate in Law
& Legal Studies at Carleton University in Canada
The Tribunal is co-sponsored by organizations located
throughout the world, including the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in
Solidarity with Iran, the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and
Solidarity Among Peoples, National Lawyers Guild, the International
Association for Democratic Lawyers, Al-Awda Palestinian Right to
Return Coalition, Samidoun Palestinian Political Prisoner Solidarity
Network, Black Alliance for Peace, ANSWER Coalition, People’s Forum,
Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, CodePink, Sanctions
Kill, Frantz Fanon Foundation, Al Massar Palestinian Alternative
Revolutionary Path Movement, Qiao Collective, and the Alliance for
Global Justice.
“The organizers of the Tribunal include
lawyers, activists, and scholars who know that the law is inherently
limited in its capacity to challenge all forms of violence and harm
committed by the U.S. sanctions regime. In fact, the U.S. actively
uses the law to perpetrate imperialism through multilateral and
unilateral coercive measures. It is precisely for these reasons that
the Tribunal is not only a legal tactic but also an organizing tool,”
says Helyeh Doutaghi, chair of the Tribunal’s organizing
committee.
According to Mohammed Khatib, Europe Coordinator
of Samidoun, “Palestinians are facing a comprehensive siege, not only
in Gaza, but throughout occupied Palestine and in exile and diaspora.
This siege is perpetrated by the Israeli regime and the imperialist
powers that support it. Legal and political action to hold the
perpetrators of these crimes accountable is important to support the
Palestinian people and our struggle for freedom, liberation, and
return.”
The People’s Tribunal will last for six months, from
January to June 2023, and will host expert witnesses, international
legal jurists, and rapporteurs from thirteen countries currently
targeted by US sanctions. Witnesses will cover fifteen themes,
including Public Health (particularly in the context of COVID-19),
Development and Women.
For more information about the event
or to arrange interviews with the speakers, contact:
Name: Helyeh
Doutaghi
Email: [email protected]
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