This collection of essays is the first dedicated to the topic of critical approaches to international criminal law. Individual criminal accountability is firmly entrenched in both international law and the international consciousness as a necessary mechanism of responsibility. This field has recently experienced a significant surge in attention through scholarship, institutions and public debate, so a more considered interrogation this field is overdue. Including papers from an international range of experts in this area, this book critically examines the central tenets, the limitations and complicities of international criminal law.