This paper aims at demonstrating that judgements for international crimes do mainly exercise a symbolic function. The underling idea of this proposition is that the international trials play as a catharsis, repeating the social disapproval of genocide, crime against humanity, war crimes or aggression.
Bernard, D. (2012). Rituals and symbolics in international criminal law. Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law, Liverpool. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/206946