Russell Tribunal
The Russell Tribunal was an international tribunal organized by British pacifist Bertrand Russell, along with Jean-Paul Sartre. It was designed to expose American war crimes during the Vietnam War. The tribunal was held in 1967 in Sweden and Denmark. It gained international attention but did nothing to stop the American involvement.
After the My Lai massacre, in 1969 the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation organized Citizens Commissions of Inquiry (CCI) to document war crimes in Indochina. These meetings were held in several American cities. After several weeks of planning the Winter Soldier Investigation with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the CCI separated and worked on its own national hearings, the National Veterans Inquiry. These attracted somewhat more attention in America.
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