Whilst the aim of International Criminal Law (ICL) is to end impunity and uphold international criminal justice, it is a bleak reality that animals are a massive group of invisible victims of serious atrocities who benefit from no mention under the current framework of ICL. The violence committed against animals is as real as it is lawful. When done against humans, such violence may qualify as one or more international crime. When done against animals, it is typically lawful as “common industry practice”, justified on grounds of human convenience. In this webinar, the speakers articulate a more involved response to the abuse of animals by exploring the actual possibility of criminalising certain forms of serious atrocities against animals as international crimes and prosecute perpetrators as international criminals. Specifically, two aspects are discussed, namely:  (i) certain acts of animal abuse should be reconceptualised as crimes against animality, zoocide, etc., which should be regarded as core crimes under Article 5 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; and (ii) animals should be classified as ‘victims’ under Rule 85(a) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, and should be entitled to reparations as such.