| International criminal law
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| Students are advised that the subject demands
some previous knowledge of public international law. |
| Section A: The general context of
international criminal law |
| ·
International law principles of State jurisdiction |
| · Treaty
provisions requiring States to criminalize conduct |
| · Direct
criminal responsibility under international law |
| · The
principle of universal jurisdiction |
| ·
Customary international law and conventional international law |
| Section B: Substantive international
crimes |
| ·
Defining the elements of crimes |
| · War
crimes |
| · Crimes
against humanity |
| ·
Genocide |
| ·
Aggression and crimes against peace |
| ·
Treaty-based crimes |
| ·
Emerging international crimes |
| Section C: International criminal
courts and tribunals |
| ·
Jurisdiction and organisation of international criminal courts and
tribunals |
| ·
Co-operation with international criminal courts and tribunals |
| · Powers
of international criminal courts and tribunals |
| ·
Investigations, prosecutions, appeals, revision and enforcement of
sentences |
| Section D: General principles of
international criminal law |
| ·
Aut dedere aut judicare (“extradite or
prosecute”) |
| ·
International criminal law and international human rights law |
| ·
Jurisdictional immunities |
| ·
Unlawful abductions |
| · The
“general part” of criminal law (modes of participation in crimes,
defences and concurrence of crimes) |
Sequence:
Section A first. |
Textbooks:
Antonio Cassese, International Criminal Law 2nd ed
(Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2004), ISBN: 9780199259397
Claire De Than and Edwin Shorts, International Criminal Law
and Human Rights (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2003), ISBN:
9780421722507
Philippe Sands (ed), From Nuremberg to The Hague: The Future
of International Criminal Justice (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2003), ISBN: 9780521536769 |
