In order to strengthen the legitimacy of international criminal law as an instrument of universal human rights protection, it is time for international criminal law to open itself up to discourses that deal with the implications of colonial thinking and practices. This volume aims to advance this debate. It contains contributions from representatives of postcolonial theory and from representatives of international criminal law who explore the challenges and potential of postcolonial criticism for international criminal law. With contributions by AkadR a.Z. Dr. Markus Abraham, M.A. | Prof. Dr. Christian Becker | Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Prof. Dr. María do Mar Castro Varela | Dr. Andreas Gutmann | Sarah Imani, LL.M. | Simon Schulze | Amadou Korbinian Sow | PD Dr. Georgia Stefanopoulou, LL.M. | Karina Theurer | Prof. Dr. Moritz Vormbaum | PD Dr. Andreas Werkmeister