"Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations. They are accused of violating more than 20 instruments of international human rights law through promoting reliance on the sale and use of dangerous and unsafe pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids. (...) While the [Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT)] has no legal weight, and cannot force sanctions on companies, it aims to expose and raise awareness of large-scale human rights violations."
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