Invisible Atrocities

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The Aesthetic Biases of International Criminal Justice

Randle C. DeFalco (University of Hawaii, Manoa)

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Cambridge University Press
26 March 2026

Public international law

International criminal justice is, at its core, an anti-atrocity project. Yet just what an 'atrocity' is remains undefined and undertheorized. This book examines how associations between atrocity commission and the production of horrific spectacles shape the processes through which international crimes are identified and conceptualized, leading to the foregrounding of certain forms of mass violence and the backgrounding or complete invisibilization of others. In doing so, it identifies various, seemingly banal ways through which international crimes may be committed and demonstrates how the criminality of such forms of violence and abuse tends to be obfuscated. This book suggests that the failure to address these 'invisible atrocities' represents a major flaw in the current international criminal justice system, one that produces a host of problematic repercussions and undermines the legal legitimacy of international criminal law itself.

By: Randle C. DeFalco (University of Hawaii Manoa)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 456g
ISBN: 9781108720168
ISBN 10: 1108720161
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 26 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: Visible and invisible atrocity crimes; 2. The atrocity aesthetic: International crimes as horrific spectacles; 3. Maintaining invisibility: Aesthetic perception and the recognition of international crimes; 4. Unspectacular atrocities and international criminal law; 5. Visible and invisible international crimes: Cambodia and beyond introduction; 6. The costs of invisibility: An incomplete list introduction; 7. Aesthetic bias and legal legitimacy: An interactional assessment; 8. Conclusion: Addressing the many forms of atrocity crimes.

Dr Randle C. DeFalco is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Dr DeFalco has received Fulbright, Vanier, and Banting fellowships, and won the University of Toronto Faculty of Law's 2017 Alan Marks Most Outstanding Thesis Medal.