PHM-Exch> Fwd: Verdict of the People’s Health Tribunal of Shell and Total in Africa

[Jyotsna Singh]

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From: <amit.singh.ankhi at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 23, 2023 at 12:45 PM
Subject: Verdict of the People’s Health Tribunal of Shell and Total in
Africa
To: <Foodandnutrition at phmovement.org>


Dear ,


I hope this message finds you well and full of determination.


As you may know, the People's Health Tribunal convened on Saturday 13th
May. Communities across the globe came together to hear testimonies from
those facing the brutal human and environmental right violations of Total
and Shell. Last week, DemocracyNow! covered our disruption of the African
Energy Summit
<https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/18/headlines/climate_activists_at_africa_energies_summit_in_london_demand_end_to_fossil_fuel_projects>
as we brought the voices of the testimonies, from Niger Delta to South
Africa, directly to these oil companies


Through a comprehensive evaluation of these testimonies, an international
judging panel of environmental justice movement leaders, including Nnimmo
Bassey, Jacqueline Patterson, Dimah Mahmoud and Kanahus Manuel, have
released their verdict. The judges unequivocally declared Shell and Total’s
operations in Africa guilty of perpetrating activities that are "extremely
harmful to the livelihoods, health, right to shelter, quality of life,
right to live in dignity, quality of environment, right to live free of
discrimination and oppression, right to clean water, and right to
self-determination of the impacted communities." The verdict also finds the
companies’ actions amount to effective genocide and ecocide.


You can read the full verdict here!
<https://peopleshealthhearing.org/verdict/>


The demands of the verdict target these companies, relevant governments,
multilateral institutions and also recommendations for movements. We demand
the implementation of full reparative justice for these communities,
including:



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   Compensation for affected persons and clean-up of toxified ecosystems;
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   The restoration of land rights and an end to the criminalisation of land
   defenders;
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   An end to new exploitation and the phase out of existing fossil fuel
   infrastructure;
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   Reparations for the climate crisis;
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   The initiation of proceedings under the international criminal court.


Please share the verdict on twitter
<https://twitter.com/phm_uk/status/1660945305112592386?s=20>!


Standing in solidarity with communities across the globe who are
courageously resisting the oppressive violence perpetuated by Shell, a
coalition of Climate Justice groups has assembled at Shell’s London
headquarters today to confront Shell’s shareholders in its Annual General
Assembly. Read our statement regarding the Shell AGM here
<https://peopleshealthhearing.org/shell-agm/>.

We are ensuring that the People's Verdict is delivered directly to Shell.


Within the assembly, protestors are successfully disrupting proceedings,
amplifying Shell's egregious human rights abuses and their significant
contributions to the ever-worsening climate crisis. Beyond the confines of
the AGM, powerful testimonies from individuals directly impacted by Shell's
projects are being shared, underscoring the immense harm inflicted on both
people and ecosystems in Nigeria and South Africa through their destructive
oil extraction practices.


We invite to follow along on this protest through PHM social media, and to
amplify the demands within the verdict across your networks.


We will be releasing the verdict in other languages later this week. Should
you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out.


In solidarity,


Amiteshwar Singh

The Peoples Health Tribunal Collective
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