If the United States government has its way, it will bury the issue of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. And the world will forget the abuses and crimes the government committed in the Gulf Coast. Now, on the second anniversary of their crimes, a coalition of grassroots Gulf Coast organizations and their supporters throughout the world have organized an international tribunal to try the US government, for human rights violations and crimes against humanity.

There are five fundamental objectives of the Tribunal. These are:

1. To fully expose to the world the human rights abuses committed by the US government and its agencies and operatives in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
2. To attain national and international recognition as Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) for the all the survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
3. To attain comprehensive financial restitution and reparations for all Gulf Coast IDP’s (including migrant workers and communities).
4. To strengthen the Gulf Coast Reconstruction Movement and build a broad national and international movement in support of its aims and demands.
5. To hold the rogue US government accountable for its human rights abuses and crimes against Gulf Coast IDP’s.