Invisible Atrocities: The Aesthetic Biases of International Criminal Justice, written by Randle C. DeFalco

What is it about?

For many, the field of international criminal law is synonymous with horrific images of violence and heinous crimes. But, in his recent book, Invisible Atrocities: The Aesthetic Biases of International Criminal Justice, Randle DeFalco urges readers to change this perspective. DeFalco identifies the aesthetic biases that unduly narrow the scope of international criminal justice to those most visible crimes and deftly analyzes the potential consequences of such. In so doing, he creatively calls for a reimagination of international criminal law which encompasses both those horrific spectacles of violence as well as crimes which are more banal in their means and measures, yet which are in no way less atrocious.

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