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From: Hans van Willenswaard <hans@schoolforwellbeing.org>
Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:26 PM
Subject: Monsanto Tribunal and People's Assembly in The Hague
To: anwar fazal <anwar.fazal@gmail.com>, Helena <localfutures@yahoo.com>, Helmy Abouleish <helmy.abouleish@sekem.com>, "Prof. Jaap Spier" <jaapspier@gmail.com>, "Jigmi Y. Thinley" <jigthin@gmail.com>, Jongeren <Jongeren@antroposofie.nl>, Julia Kim <julia@gnhcentrebhutan.org>, "

Dear ‘trustees of Planet Earth’,

Back in Thailand: I would like to share my fresh experience as a participant of the Monsanto Tribunal and People’s Assembly in The Hague, 15-16 October 2016. Thirty witnesses reported their severe grievances from all over the world to professional judges from 5 continents who volunteered in this impressive civil society tribunal. The cases will be systematically documented and used to promote the development of international law and strengthening national legislation addressing ‘ecocide’ and related violations of Human Rights by corporations for whom Monsanto stands as a omni-powerful symbol. We have to ‘reclaim’ healthy and fair agriculture by positive action and vigilant advocacy.

Our Dutch youth theatre initiative performed their sparkling play called ‘Monzado’ at the People’s Assembly, organizations and schools around the country (attachment).

Let’s work together towards Earth Trusteeship.

Hans

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Verdict: Monsanto guilty of crimes against the planet and humanity

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Judge Françoise Tulkens: "civil society has to help International Law to develop and include ecocide" (Monsanto Tribunal Day 3, The Hague)

- and indeed civil society is helping. Not only did the Monsanto Tribunal open up the space for testimony to be heard, but it also demonstrated that complex issues, such as significant harm arising from corporate ecocide, can be addressed through the rule of law. Ecocide is not yet a crime, but as Judge Tulkens declared, "civil society has to help International Law to develop and include ecocide."

And Judge Tulkens is a judge who speaks informedly - her legal background includes professorship specialising in the fields of general criminal law, comparative and European criminal law, juvenile justice and human rights protection systems before and tenureship as a European Court of Human Rights Judge. Tulkens is also the author of many publications in the areas of human rights and criminal law.

Was it a Kangaroo court, as Monsanto claimed? (See Guardian story here) or was it the first steps towards ecological justice? You decide...

Some coverage:

Le Monde: Au Tribunal Monsanto, des militants veulent mettre l’environnement au cœur du droit international

Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Monsanto-Tribunal in Den Haag: Wenig hilfreiches Kesseltreiben

InFranken.de: Zum Tribunal der Monsanto-Gegner

Esquerda.net: Tribunal Monsanto: Semeando novos caminhos

El Argentino: Finaliza hoy en La Haya el proceso contra Monsanto

Diario de Yucatan: Juicio contra Monsanto

RT: Monsanto Mock Tribunal Hague

The Guardian

To read more, just google Monsanto Tribunal and click News - pages and pages of coverage around the world demonstrate the extent of how one event can take a very powerful message out to the world. Whether or not you agree a crime has been committed, what this tribunal demonstrated beyond all reasonable doubt is that there is missing law.

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