To expose the adverse social, gender and environmental impacts of industrial agribusinesses on African communities and visibilise the struggles of communities at the frontlines
To strengthen national and regional advocacy efforts of CSOs against industrial plantations in Africa and link those to international campaigns
To document cases of human rights violations and environmental harm by industrial plantation corporations and their financiers in Africa and thereby show the systemic nature and the international drivers behind the adverse impacts.
The tribunal will serve as a space for environmental human rights defenders from communities and civil society to expose the adverse impacts of industrial plantations. The tribunal’s legitimacy is based on the principle of recognising human rights under national and international law, and reclaiming and restoring the rights of impacted peoples whose rights have been violated with impunity from all regions of Africa.
…Demand UN binding treaty on business operations The African Peoples Tribunal organised in Lagos by Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA) ended on
Friends of the Earth Africa through its Forest & Biodiversity Program organises the First session of the African Peoples Tribunal from 25-27th
The First session of the African Peoples Tribunal(APT) will take place from 25th-27th November, 2020 in Lagos Nigeria. The three-day international
