Paris Tribunal Registration Now Open

The International Rights of Nature Tribunal will meet at Maison des Métallos in Paris on 4th and 5th of December, in conjunction with UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC COP21. The Tribunal is a unique, citizen-created initiative.Logo-RoNtribunal-fr It gives people from all around the world the opportunity to testify publicly as to the destruction of the Earth — destruction that governments and corporations not only allow, but in some cases encourage. Space is limited. If you are planning to attend the third International Rights of Nature Tribunal register now for the segments you will attend.

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Date and Time

• Friday 4 – Saturday 5 December 2015
• 9:00am – 6:30pm each day (including an intermission)

Tribunal Venue in Paris

Maison des Métallos 94 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris, France

Esteemed Judges:

• Cormac Cullinan, President; Author WildLaw: A Manifesto for Earth Justice (South Africa)
• Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network (Turtle Island, USA)
• Alberto Acosta, former President Ecuador Constitutional Assembly
• Osprey Orielle Lake, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (USA)
• Nnimmo Bassey, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (Nigeria)
• Ruth Nyambura, African Biodiversity Network (Kenya)
• Damien Short, University of London (United Kingdom)
• Felício Pontes, Federal Prosecutor (Brazil)
• Terisa Turner, professor Sociology and Anthropology, former UN Energy Specialist (Canada)
• Atossa Soltani, Amazon Watch (USA)
• Philippe Desbroses, Honarary, farmer, scientist, writer (France)
• Dominique Bourg, Professor Geosciences, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

Among the Expert Witnesses and Case Presenters :

• Pablo Solon, Fundacion Solon
• Geneviève Azam, Attac France
• Vandana Shiva, Navdanya
• Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
• Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights
• Casey Camp Horinek, Indigenous Environmental Network
• Esperanza Martinez, Acción Ecologica
• Patricia Gualinga, Kichwa of Sarayaku, Ecuador
• Carlos Lareas, Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
• Kandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental Network
• Tantoo Cardinal, Actress, Activist, Tar Sands, Canada
• Valerie Cabanes, End Ecocide on Earth

Prosecutors for the Earth:

• Ramiro Avila, Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
• Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center

International Rights of Nature Tribunal Paris Secretariat:

• Natalia Greene, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
• Grant Wilson, Earth Law Center