From October 28-31, 2021, public hearings will be held in the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) against various transnational corporations and the complicity of the Dutch state in perpetrating intergenerational climate crimes.

The proceedings consist of introductions by prosecutors and various witness testimony, which will be overseen by four judges, Radha D’Souza, Sharon H. Venne, Nicholas Hildyard and Rasigan Maharajh.

Case: Comrades past, present and future vs. Dutch State

28 October, 13:00-18:00

This case will indict the Dutch State for establishing Bilateral Trade Agreements as a legal framework for the benefit of transnational corporations and the state itself. Bilateral Trade Agreements will be explained, and evidence will be presented on the ecocidal, social impacts of such agreements on ecosystems communities in Bolivia, Peru and Mongolia.

Contributions by: Blue Planet Project; Oyu Tolgoi Watch (OT Watch Mongolia); Pueblos Indígenas Amazónicos Unidos en Defensa de sus Territorios (PUINAMUDT); The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO); a.o.

The public will be joining the hearings as members of the jury. We highly recommend participants to stay all day. Walk-in and walk-outs are only possible during the breaks in between the sessions (Break ONE — 14:40-14:55 and Break TWO — 16:25-16:40). The hearings will be in English and are registration only due to corona regulations. Please read our corona regulations