The Case Against Freeport McMoran in West Papua

Summary of the cases from the Permanent Peoples Tribunal - March 2000, London, UK

Freeport McMoRan

• Review of Documentation Submitted to the Jury - Elyssa Santos-Abrams, Georgetown University Law School, Washington

• Freeport in New Guinea - Video taped testimony by New Guinea Human Rights Activist John Ondawame; other testimonies being arranged by Roger Moody, Partizans, London

• Freeport in Sri Lanka - Bala Tempoe, Sri Lankan Trade Union Activist

• Assessment of Freeport McMoRan's 1999 Social and Human Rights Policy - Abigail Abrash, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center (video tape, or through written documentation)

• Freeport and Abuse of Democratic Process - video taped testimony from Professor Steve Feld, Department of Anthropology, New York University

• Summation of the case against Freeport McMoRan - Richard Solly, Partizans

Monsanto

• Monsanto in India - Dr. P.M. Bhargava, Founder and Former Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India

• Review of Documentation Submitted to the Jury - Eric Palmer, National Lawyers Guild and Council on International and Public Affairs, New York

• Monsanto and Fumigation of Drug Crops in Colombia, Martin Jelsma, Drugs and Democracy Programme, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam

• Monsanto in the United Kingdom - testimonies of UK Farmers and Environmental Activists (being arranged by Helena Paul, Gaia Foundation, London)

• Monsanto in the Global Agrochemical Industry and its Impact on World Food Security - Representative of the UK Food Group

• Summation Clarence J. Dias, President, International Center for Law and Development, New York

Union Carbide Corporation

• Review of Documentation Submitted to the Jury - Ward Morehouse, a Founder of the International Coalition for Justice in Bhopal, Organizer of the Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (USA)

• Union Carbide Corporation in Bhopal - video taped testimonies by survivors of the Bhopal gas leak; reading of appeal to Union Carbide CEO from Bhopal widow by Suketu Metha, Bombay-based journalist

• Union Carbide Corporation in the European Union and its proposed merger with Dow Chemical Company - Patricia McKenna, Member of the European Parliament from Ireland

• Union Carbide in Sri Lanka - Bala Tempoe, Sri Lankan Trade Union Activist

• Summation Ward Morehouse, President, Council on International and Public Affairs and Co-Director, Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy, New York