diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/api/lowerHandParticipant.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/api/lowerHandParticipant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9d91fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/api/lowerHandParticipant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
+import { fetchServerApi } from './fetchServerApi'
+import { buildServerApiUrl } from './buildServerApiUrl'
+import { useRoomData } from '../hooks/useRoomData'
+
+export const useLowerHandParticipant = () => {
+  const data = useRoomData()
+
+  const lowerHandParticipant = (participant: Participant) => {
+    if (!data || !data?.livekit) {
+      throw new Error('Room data is not available')
+    }
+    const newMetadata = JSON.parse(participant.metadata || '{}')
+    newMetadata.raised = !newMetadata.raised
+    return fetchServerApi(
+      buildServerApiUrl(
+        data.livekit.url,
+        'twirp/livekit.RoomService/UpdateParticipant'
+      ),
+      data.livekit.token,
+      {
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          room: data.livekit.room,
+          identity: participant.identity,
+          metadata: JSON.stringify(newMetadata),
+          permission: participant.permissions,
+        }),
+      }
+    )
+  }
+  return { lowerHandParticipant }
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/HandRaisedListItem.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/HandRaisedListItem.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0571d066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/HandRaisedListItem.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
+
+import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
+import { Text } from '@/primitives/Text'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar'
+import { getParticipantColor } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantColor'
+import { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
+import { isLocal } from '@/utils/livekit'
+import { RiHand } from '@remixicon/react'
+import { ListItemActionButton } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/ListItemActionButton'
+import { useLowerHandParticipant } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/api/lowerHandParticipant.ts'
+
+type HandRaisedListItemProps = {
+  participant: Participant
+}
+
+export const HandRaisedListItem = ({
+  participant,
+}: HandRaisedListItemProps) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms')
+  const name = participant.name || participant.identity
+
+  const { lowerHandParticipant } = useLowerHandParticipant()
+
+  return (
+    <HStack
+      role="listitem"
+      justify="space-between"
+      key={participant.identity}
+      id={participant.identity}
+      className={css({
+        padding: '0.25rem 0',
+        width: 'full',
+      })}
+    >
+      <HStack>
+        <Avatar name={name} bgColor={getParticipantColor(participant)} />
+        <Text
+          variant={'sm'}
+          className={css({
+            userSelect: 'none',
+            cursor: 'default',
+            display: 'flex',
+          })}
+        >
+          <span
+            className={css({
+              whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+              overflow: 'hidden',
+              textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
+              maxWidth: '120px',
+              display: 'block',
+            })}
+          >
+            {name}
+          </span>
+          {isLocal(participant) && (
+            <span
+              className={css({
+                marginLeft: '.25rem',
+                whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+              })}
+            >
+              ({t('participants.you')})
+            </span>
+          )}
+        </Text>
+      </HStack>
+      <ListItemActionButton
+        onPress={() => lowerHandParticipant(participant)}
+        tooltip={t('participants.lowerParticipantHand', { name })}
+      >
+        <RiHand color="gray" />
+      </ListItemActionButton>
+    </HStack>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/ParticipantsList.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/ParticipantsList.tsx
index cbcba0c4..16ca082b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/ParticipantsList.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/ParticipantsList.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { allParticipantRoomEvents } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/constants/events'
 import { ParticipantListItem } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/ParticipantListItem'
 import { ParticipantsCollapsableList } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/ParticipantsCollapsableList'
+import { HandRaisedListItem } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/controls/Participants/HandRaisedListItem'
 
 // TODO: Optimize rendering performance, especially for longer participant lists, even though they are generally short.
 export const ParticipantsList = () => {
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ export const ParticipantsList = () => {
     ...sortedRemoteParticipants,
   ]
 
+  const raisedHandParticipants = participants.filter((participant) => {
+    const data = JSON.parse(participant.metadata || '{}')
+    return data.raised
+  })
+
   // TODO - extract inline styling in a centralized styling file, and avoid magic numbers
   return (
     <Box
@@ -83,6 +89,21 @@ export const ParticipantsList = () => {
       >
         {t('participants.subheading').toUpperCase()}
       </H>
+      {raisedHandParticipants.length > 0 && (
+        <div
+          style={{
+            marginBottom: '.9375rem',
+          }}
+        >
+          <ParticipantsCollapsableList
+            heading={t('participants.raisedHands')}
+            participants={raisedHandParticipants}
+            renderParticipant={(participant) => (
+              <HandRaisedListItem participant={participant} />
+            )}
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
       <ParticipantsCollapsableList
         heading={t('participants.contributors')}
         participants={sortedParticipants}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/locales/de/rooms.json b/src/frontend/src/locales/de/rooms.json
index da63ccd1..63fb9487 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/locales/de/rooms.json
+++ b/src/frontend/src/locales/de/rooms.json
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
       "description": "",
       "confirm": "",
       "cancel": ""
-    }
+    },
+    "raisedHands": "",
+    "lowerParticipantHand": ""
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/locales/en/rooms.json b/src/frontend/src/locales/en/rooms.json
index b31a7938..f8bc9039 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/locales/en/rooms.json
+++ b/src/frontend/src/locales/en/rooms.json
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
       "description": "Mute {{name}} for all participants? {{name}} is the only person who can unmute themselves.",
       "confirm": "Mute",
       "cancel": "Cancel"
-    }
+    },
+    "raisedHands": "Raised hands",
+    "lowerParticipantHand": "Lower {{name}}'s hand"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/rooms.json b/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/rooms.json
index 64186e8a..27b79e00 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/rooms.json
+++ b/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/rooms.json
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
       "description": "Couper le micro de {{name}} pour tous les participants ? {{name}} est la seule personne habilitée à réactiver son micro",
       "confirm": "Couper le micro",
       "cancel": "Annuler"
-    }
+    },
+    "raisedHands": "Mains levées",
+    "lowerParticipantHand": "Baisser la main de {{name}}"
   }
 }