The second chapter shows how atmospheres are created in the courtroom in the process of enacting international criminal law. On the example of the Dominic Ongwen case, the ICC courtroom is conceptualized as an affective arrangement in which bodies ‒ both human and non-human ‒ are arranged while affecting and being affected by one another. This affect theory perspective opens up new ways of thinking about the courtroom and how it conveys and creates emotions.