It was founded in 2007, because no other judicial committee would investigate allegations made against the government of Islamic Republic of Iran.
The steering committee started having regular meetings in October 2007 and was led by John Cooper QC, Sir Geoffrey Nice, Kader Asmal and Richard Falk.
[1] The Truth Commission constituted the investigative part of the Tribunal and was held in Amnesty International headquarters in London between 18 and 22 June 2012.
Overall 100 people submitted evidence describing "the pattern of arbitrary arrest and detention without trial, of rape, death sentences issued by kangaroo courts, children as young as 11 being executed, families made to pay for the bullets used to kill their relatives.
It was held before Johann Kriegler (presiding), John Dugard SC, Margaret Ratner Kunstler, Michael Mansfield QC, Makau Mutua and Patricia Sellers.