[PAA-Discuss] Monsanto to Be Put to Trial in the Hague for Crimes Against Humanity

[Sarah Gonzales]

Woah - this is interesting news - Monsanto to Be Put to Trial in the Hague for Crimes Against Humanity

The Monsanto Company enjoys what can only be described as a cozy relationship with the American mainstream press, in large part because it’s an America-based company that is heavily involved in lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill. 

But overseas, the company and its contemporaries in the agrochemical business world are largely shunned and/or banned due to transgressions against both health and the environment. 

Monsanto also has a penchant for suing farmers, another item that often goes unreported. But now the multinational company many describe as a legal bully will be placed on trial – this time in international court for Crimes Against Humanity, according to a new report from the website Sustainable Pulse. 
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The Monsanto Tribunal, which will be held in The Hague from October 12 to 16, 2016, aims to assess these allegations made against Monsanto, and to evaluate the damages caused by this transnational company. The Tribunal will rely on the “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights” adopted at the UN in 2011. It will also assess potential criminal liability on the basis of the Rome Statue that created the International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2002, and it will consider whether a reform of international criminal law is warranted to include crimes against the environment, or ecocide, as a prosecutable criminal offense.

For more info, view this site: 
http://www.monsanto-tribunal.org/

The official report is below. 
http://www.db.zs-intern.de/uploads/1449156494-Tribunal%20Monsanto%20-%20English%20version%20031215.pdf