People's Tribunals are independent, peaceful grassroots movements created by members of civil society to address impunity that is associated with ongoing or past atrocities. This book explores key questions relating to their formation and roles and discusses what they can offer to victims and survivors.

Introduction; 1 Can you hear the people sing? Victim/survivor rights in People's Tribunals; 2 Political will and the people's will: the role of People's Tribunals in international justice; 3 People's Tribunals and truth commissions; 4 Panem et circences? Peoples' Tribunals from a TWAIL perspective; 5 The right to tell: the Sarajevo Women Court in search for a feminist approach to justice; 6 The Iran Tribunal: an international People's Tribunal for the promotion of truth and justice; 7 The role of the PPT in securing the rights of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar; 8 People's Tribunals, law and ecological justice: the Australian contribution; 9 People's Tribunals and how they examine childhood sexual abuse; 10 The China Tribunal; 11 Transitional justice delayed is not transitional justice denied: contemporary confrontation of Japanese human experimentation during World War II through a People's Tribunal; 12 From painkillers to cures: challenges and future of People's Tribunals