Consistent with the tradition of the 1967 Russell Tribunal on the Vietnam War and the work of the People’s permanent tribunal and other similar tribunals such as the one held in Brussels in 1991, the BRussells Tribunal met on 14-17 April 2024.
The idea that had sprung up in several places around the world of organising an international tribunal against the war in Iraq, was discussed and in principle supported at the Anti-War Meetings in Berlin, Jakarta and Geneva, Paris and Cancun. The Jakarta Peace Consensus made a declaration committing itself to the realization of an international war crimes tribunal. The Networking Conference (European and Cordoba Networks for Peace and Human Rights) organized by the Bertrand Russel Peace Foundation in Brussels also devoted time and space for the discussion of the issue and the idea received broad support.