The First Session of the International Peoples' Tribunal on Human Rights and the Environment Sustainable Development in the Context of Globalization

APPENDIX 1

PROCEDURES TO ENSURE FAIR PLAY

The Tribunal session will follow the basic principles devised by the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal to ensure that its proceedings will be conducted in a fair and just manner. Specifically, notice will be given to anyone implicated in the cases and testimonies brought before the Tribunal alleged to have caused negative human rights and/or environmental impacts. All such persons will be given copies of the written case submissions and given the opportunity to respond either in writing or by personal appearance before the Tribunal, or both. The principles of equal time and equal opportunity will be rigidly adhered to. Copies of the final decision of the Tribunal will also be provided to all such persons irrespective of whether they have chosen to respond to the Tribunal or not. In sum, the Tribunal will be conducted in strict accordance to the principles of equal access and equal treatment.

APPENDIX 2

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF CASE SUMMARIES

1. The case summaries should not exceed 6 pages of 250 words per page. Adherence to this limitation is crucial if Tribunal Members are to be able to deal seriously with a large amount of materials they will receive at the last minute.

2. The written case summaries should be able to stand on their own in "making the case". An opportunity for oral presentations to the Tribunal will also be available. However this is primarily meant to provide supplementary and complementary information.

3. The following format for the case studies is suggested. But feel free to vary the format should the needs of the case so require. The format suggested for the case summaries comprises the following 4 parts:

(i) Issues: raised by the case regarding human rights and/or environmental impacts arising out of unsustainable development.

(ii) Facts: to support both the issues raised and the specific acts and practices that give rise to the issues.

(iii) Impacts: both in terms of severity and scale, including where appropriate indirect (or consequential) impacts as well.

(iv) Those Responsible: should be clearly identified-whether they are state or non-state actors a like and whether they operate in the public or private sector alike.

4. In an Appendix to the 6 page case summaries, the full addresses (including phone, fax and e-mail where available) should be provided to enable the Organizing Committee of the Tribunal to give notice to those alleged to be responsible.

APPENDIX 3

GUIDELINES ON ORAL SUBMISSIONS TO THE TRIBUNAL

All parties providing written case submissions will be offered the opportunity to make oral presentations to the Tribunal. The length of such submission will be determined on the basis of the principle of equal time (including extra time for translation) once it is known how many cases have been submitted to the Tribunal.

There is no pre-set format for the oral submissions. However, the experience with past Tribunals indicates that such oral submissions are most effective when they:

complement and do not duplicate the written submissions;

emphasize personal experiences and are specific, giving concrete facts and details; and

0 present specific demands to the Tribunal.

It will be the responsibility of each group making oral submissions to furnish the Tribunal with a written transcript in English within 24 hours, if they wish it to enter the record of the Tribunal.

During, or at the end of the oral submission, parties may submit, to the Tribunal, documentation, photographs, video tapes, or other audio visual materials they wish to have entered into the record of the Tribunal. Such materials must be submitted in duplicate, however.

Parties are free to address any questions or clarifications they may have regarding their oral submissions, to the Organizing Committee.

APPENDIX 4

GUIDELINES ON INTERVENTIONS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL

Each of the caucuses of the NGO Steering Committee to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN-CSD) will be permitted to make an oral intervention to the Tribunal. The length of such intervention will be determined on the basis of the time available (in light of the number of cases to be heard) and on the principle of equal time.

The purpose of the intervention will be to raise issues pertinent to the mandate of the Tribunal from the perspectives and concerns of the specific caucus. Such interventions must not be merely general comments. No new case situations can be introduced through the interventions.

Similar interventions will also be permitted to any concerned organizations should they so desire, but the same rules pertaining to interventions by the caucuses will apply.

Anyone wishing to make interventions should submit such intervention in writing to the Organizing Committee by June 15, 1997, one week before the Tribunal hearing.