The Airspace Tribunal – a people\u2019s tribunal established by Kent Law School Emeritus Professor Nick Grief and Shona Illingworth (Kent School of Arts) \u2013 is holding its fourth international hearing online this week, hosted in Berlin.<\/p>\n
The Tribunal is examining the case for and against a proposed new human right to live without physical or psychological threat from above. Hearings have already been held in London (2018), Sydney (2019) and Toronto (2020).<\/p>\n
The Berlin hearing will be hosted on Wednesday 9 June and Friday 11 June by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), supported by the University of Kent.<\/p>\n
Andreas Sch\u00fcller<\/a>, director of ECCHR’s International Crimes and Accountability program, will Chair the event and each session will be introduced by\u00a0Shona Illingworth<\/a> and Professor Grief<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speakers include: Chris Woods<\/strong>\u00a0(founder and Director of\u00a0Airwars<\/a>); Jutta Weber<\/strong>\u00a0(science & technology studies scholar,\u00a0University of Paderborn<\/a>); Lisa Ling<\/strong>\u00a0(whistleblower\u00a0<\/a>on US drone surveillance systems); Alirio Uribe Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>\u00a0(lawyer,\u00a0CAJAR<\/a>); Sebasti\u00e1n Escobar Uribe<\/strong>\u00a0(lawyer,\u00a0CAJAR<\/a>); Omar Mohammed<\/strong>\u00a0(journalist,\u00a0Mosul Eye<\/a>); Pratap Chatterjee<\/strong>\u00a0(journalist and Executive Director,\u00a0CorpWatch<\/a>)<\/p>\n The speakers will be questioned by Counsel to the Tribunal,\u00a0Kirsty Brimelow QC<\/a>, before taking questions from the audience (the Tribunal\u2019s judges).\u00a0At the end of the proceedings, members of the audience will be able to vote for or against recognising the proposed human right. It is not necessary to attend all three parts of the hearing \u2013 votes will be cast at the end of each session. Register online<\/a> if you\u2019d like to join the audience.<\/p>\n The Airspace Tribunal<\/a> is part of and informs the development of\u00a0Topologies of Air<\/em>, a major new body of artwork by Shona Illingworth, commissioned by The Wapping Project<\/a>, that will be exhibited at\u00a0The Power Plant<\/a>,\u00a0Toronto in January 2022.<\/p>\n Image credit:\u00a0Flight Path with Ash \u2013 Blue, North Atlantic Airspace, Working Still (2017) by Shona Illingworth. With thanks to NATS.<\/em><\/p>\n
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