(February 7, 2002) The latest research shows that the rich nations of Europe and North America, numbering some 50 million people, have the same income as the 2.7 billion poor people in the rest of the world.
Veredicto
(February 2, 2002) This is the Spanish version of the verdict handed down in February 2002 by the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Debt.
Verdict
(February 2, 2002) On the basis of an accusation complemented by a broad range of documentary evidence and testimonies, the Popular Jury, integrated by persons representative of the societies of different countries, has come to the following verdict.
International Peoples’ Tribunal on the Debt
(February 2, 2002) Jubilee South convened the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Debt in Port Alegre, Brasil. Though it was a court of opinion rather than a court of justice, the Tribunal carefully and astutely upheld judicial traditions and processes.
The consequences of corruption
(February 1, 2002) Memorandum of expert: Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Corruption Case, Expert Testimony.
Expert Testimony in Corruption Case
(February 1, 2002) Memorandum for Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Corruption Case
Menem accused of taking bribe in 1994 bombing
(January 23, 2002) Argentina is investigating Carlos Menem, the former president, for allegedly taking bribes to cover up Iranian involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish centre in which 86 people died, the Swiss government said yesterday.
Fortis facing injunction at dam site in Belize
(January 19, 2002) Environmental groups in the Central American country of Belize are preparing to seek an injunction against Newfoundland-based Fortis Inc. to stop all construction at its proposed Chalillo dam site.
Launch of report on Argentina and International Insolvency
(January 14, 2002) The Jubilee Debt Programme at New Economics Foundation launches a new report on Argentina and international insolvency: “Chapter 9/11? Resolving International Debt Crises – the Jubilee Framework for international insolvency”.
Chapter 9/11?
(January 1, 2002) Resolving international debt crises – the Jubilee Framework for international insolvency
Fair and transparent arbitration on debt
(January 1, 2002) There is a need for Arbitration on specific types of Loans or debt in particular the odious and illegitimate debts, which are categorised to include the following: Debts that cannot be serviced without causing harm to people and communities.
Out of the vicious cycle of debt
(January 1, 2002) Debt cancellation is all the more legitimate in that it can be justified by several legal arguments, including the notions of "odious debt."
Why should they pay? (Letter to the Editor)
(December 28, 2001) Millions of black South Africans, who lack basic services such as housing, decent schools and hospitals, must toil daily to pay back the billions of dollars borrowed by former apartheid regimes to oppress them.
Fight for the right to say no
(December 22, 2001) SOME large dams just shouldn’t be built.
Concrete Jungle: Dam set to go ahead despite danger
(December 22, 2001) What is the point of gauging the environmental impact of a dam before it is built? Not a lot, if a row over a proposed Chalillo hydroelectric scheme in Belize is anything to go by.
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