The People's Inquiry into the Aerial Spraying of Foray48B is part of a growing trend for civil society to hold People's Inquiries when the state fails in its duty to protect citizens or fails itself to uphold the laws that it expects the citizens to abide by ( eg, Human Rights).
Examples of People's Inquiries include a recently completed World Tribunal on Iraq
Australian Greens MP Kris Hanna has warned that if the Howard Government blocks the Senate inquiry as requested by the Greens, he will help set up a 'People's Inquiry', consisting of a body of experts, to discover the truth behind Ms Rau's unlawful detention. And here – another Australian people's inquiry into the Australian government refugee policies.
Anti-war protestors in the UK called for a people's inquiry into the Iraq war , to hold their government to account for the lies that were told to justify the war.
People's Inquiries are controlled by the communities and provide a forum for affected residents and concerned scientists and other professionals to air their stories and concerns in front of community-chosen experts rather than government-chosen experts, so that new information can be documented, and new facts can be uncovered. The conclusions and recommendations from the commissioners of the inquiry will be 'owned' by the people.
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