Since 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is based in The Hague, has ensured that perpetrators of atrocious crimes can be held accountable if they are not put on trial in their home countries. Earlier, international tribunals served a similar function, for instance regarding Rwanda or the former Yugoslavia. For a nation to come to terms with civil war or despotic rule, however, more needs to happen, as Kai Ambos, a law professor from Göttingen University, argues.