The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition PHRF/OC is seeking your financial support for a critical human rights initiative to hold the US government, on all levels, accountable for the policies and decisions that resulted in the death of over 2,000 people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and the displacement of over 1 million in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. This initiative is the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana August 29th – September 2nd, 2007 (see www.internationaltribunal.org for more details).

The goals of the International Tribunal are as follows:

1. Hold the US government accountable for its crimes against humanity;
2. Demand financial restitution and justice for the Survivors of Katrina and Rita; Advance the Katrina reconstruction movement;
3. Build a national and international campaign against the US government's program of displacement and ethnic cleansing;
4. Demand that the US government adhere to UN guidelines on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP).

These goals are the long-term vision we desire from the Tribunal. We seek to permanently and positively change the systems, policies, and structures that failed the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast who were victims of the government's systematic neglect and depraved indifference.

The International Tribunal is an initiative of PHRF/OC, Mississippi Disaster Relief Coalition (MDRC), and the US Human Rights Network (USHRN). The International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is a programmatic outgrowth of the demand for justice and restitution called for by the more than two hundred Survivors gathered at the first Survivors Assembly held December 8th – 9th, 2005 in Jackson, Mississippi. The Survivors consisted of those living in the impacted Gulf Coast areas and from more than 15 cities throughout the country where Survivors have been dispersed.

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