OUVRAGE : A. Byrnes, G. Simm (eds.), Peoples' Tribunals and International Law

Andrew BYRNES, Gabrielle SIMM

Peoples' Tribunals and International Law is the first book to analyse how civil society tribunals implement and develop international law. With contributions covering tribunals in Europe, Latin America and Asia, this edited collection provides cross-disciplinary academic and activist perspectives and unique insights into the phenomenon of peoples' tribunals. Written by academics in law, anthropology and international relations, it also incorporates the reflections of civil society activists and advocates on peoples' tribunals. The collection includes chapters ranging from the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, successor to the Bertrand Russell Tribunal established to question the legality of the Vietnam War, to recent tribunals addressing atrocities in Soeharto's Indonesia and violations against migrants in Europe. Peoples' Tribunals and International Law offers the first sustained analysis of the different approaches to international law in tribunal proceedings. It will interest scholars of law, criminology, human rights, politics, sociology, anthropology and international relations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Note on References 

Andrew Byrnes, Gabrielle Simm, Introduction

PART I. INTRODUCTION: HISTORY OF PEOPLES’ TRIBUNALS

1. Andrew Byrnes, Gabrielle Simm, International Peoples’ Tribunals: Their Nature, Practice and Significance
2. Gianni Tognoni, The History of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal

PART II. THE POLITICS OF BEARING WITNESS AND LISTENING

3. Gabrielle Simm, Peoples’ Tribunals, Women’s Courts and International Crimes of Sexual Violence
4.  Ustinia Dolgopol, The Tokyo Women’s Tribunal: Transboundary Activists and the Use of Law’s Power
5. Saskia E. Wieringa, The International People’s Tribunal on 1965 Crimes against Humanity in Indonesia: An Anthropological Perspective
6. Simona Fraudatario, Gianni Tognoni, The Participation of Peoples and the Development of International Law: The Laboratory of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal

PART III. LEGAL PLURALISM AND POPULAR INTERNATIONAL LAW

7. Sara Dehm, Accusing ‘Europe’: Articulations of Migrant Justice and a Popular International Law
8. Rosalba Icaza, The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunals and Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles in Mexico: Between Coloniality and Epistemic Justice?
9. Nicola Edwards, The Biak Massacre Citizens’ Tribunal and the Disputed Indonesian Region of West Papua 209
10. Belén Olmos Giupponi, Assessing the Contribution of the Latin American Water Tribunal and Transnational Environmental Law

PART IV. THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES’ TRIBUNALS

11. Andrew Byrnes, Gabrielle Simm, Reflections on the Past and Future of International Peoples’ Tribunals

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Andrew BYRNES, Gabrielle SIMM (eds.), Peoples' Tribunals and International Law, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2018 (316 pp.)