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You are warmly invited to a panel discussion on the recently published paper:

A Judgment like a Spiderweb: Catching Dominic Ongwen in the Language of the International Criminal Court by Ruby Turok-Squire

Monday 28 March 2022 | 4pm UK Time

Panelists:

Flávio de Leão Bastos Pereira (International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Zoryan Institute, University of Toronto, Canada)

Solange Mouthaan (University of ÌÇÐÄTV)

Moderator:

Heybatollah Najandimanesh (Stockholm Centre for International Law)

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Congratulations Ruby and good luck for the panel discussion next week.

Excerpt: Drawing on ‪literary methods of close analysis, and thereby extending possibilities for theorising International Criminal Law, I argue that the judgment creates a spiderweb-like structure of ‪descriptions of suffering… Against this spiderweb of victimhood, the court’s language casts one perpetrator. ‪Ongwen stands in contrast, his complexities held at a distance from the reader’s ‪perceptions and empathy. Caught like a fly, Ongwen becomes isolated and ‪entangled within the court’s singular understanding of him. I present the International Criminal Court and its modes of operation as a powerful, patient spider, building this web and catching this fly by crafting its own language.

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If you have any questions, please email Ruby.Turok-Squire@warwick.ac.uk