Peoples’ Tribunals and International Law

Peoples' Tribunals and International Law is the first book to analyse how civil society tribunals implement and develop international law.

Introduction Andrew Byrnes and Gabrielle Simm; Part I. Introduction: History of Peoples' Tribunals: 1. International peoples' tribunals: their nature, practice and significance Andrew Byrnes and Gabrielle Simm; 2. The history of the permanent peoples' tribunal Gianni Tognoni; Part II. The Politics of Bearing Witness and Listening: 3. Peoples' tribunals, women's courts and international sexual violence crimes Gabrielle Simm; 4. The Tokyo Women's Tribunal: transboundary activists and the use of law's power Tina Dolgopol; 5. The International People's Tribunal on 1965 crimes against humanity in Indonesia: an anthropological perspective Saskia E. Wieringa; 6. The participation of peoples in the development of international law: the laboratory of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Simona Fraudatario and Gianni Tognoni; Part III. Legal Pluralism and Popular International Law: 7. Accusing 'Europe': articulations of migrant justice and a popular international law Sara Dehm; 8. The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal and indigenous peoples' struggle in Mexico: between coloniality and epistemic justice Rosalba Icaza Garza; 9. Evaluating the Biak Massacre Citizens' Tribunal and the disputed Indonesian region of West Papua Nicola Edwards; 10. Assessing the contribution of the Latin American Water Tribunal to transnational environmental law Belén Olmos Giupponi; Part IV. The Future of International Peoples' Tribunals: 11. Reflections on the past and future of international peoples' tribunals Andrew Byrnes and Gabrielle Simm.