The book fills a gap in the existing literature on international criminal justice and human rights

The book provides critical perspectives on international criminal justice

The book includes contributions from quite a number of scholars from the Global South

Chapter 1. Hegemony and International Criminal Justice - An Introduction.- Part I. Theoretical Engagements with (Counter-) Hegemonic Perspectives on International Criminal Justice.- Chapter 2. Is International Criminal Justice the Handmaiden of the Contemporary Imperial Project? A TWAIL Perspective on Some Arenas of Contestations.- Chapter 3. Violence in International Criminal Law and Beyond.- Chapter 4. A Marxist Analysis of International Criminal Law and Its Potential as a Counter-Hegemonic Project.- Part II. (Counter-) Hegemonic International Criminal Justice in Practice: Case Studies.- Chapter 5. Double Whammy: Targeted Minorities in South-Asian States.- Chapter 6. States of Criminality: International (Criminal) Law, Palestine, and the Sovereignty Trap.- Chapter 7. The Counter-Hegemonic Turn to 'Entrepreneurial Justice' in International Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions Relating to Crimes Committed in Syria and Eastern Ukraine.- Chapter 8. NGOs and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Justice: The Case of Uganda.- Part III. (Counter-) Hegemony at the International Criminal Court.- Chapter 9. The Global South and the Drafting of the Subject-Matter Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.- Chapter 10. The International Criminal Court and Traditional Islamic Legal Scholarship: Analyzing the War Crimes Against Civilians.- Chapter 11. The International Criminal Court's Role in Countering Patriarchal Claims in Reproductive Justice.- Chapter 12. The Impact of English Language Hegemony at the International Criminal Court.- Chapter 13. Gender Imbalance at the International Criminal Court: The Continued Hegemonic Entrenchment of Male Privilege in International Criminal Law.