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International Criminal Courts and Tribunals - Period 2
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Law
Instruction in: English
Course Code: R_Int.cr.c.t
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level Graduate
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
DESCRIPTION
The topics that will be covered in this course include:
1. History of international criminal justice;
2. Institutional structure of the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the "mixed Tribunals";
3. Sources of international criminal law;
4. Substantive law: elements of crimes, criminal responsibility of (military and civilian) superiors, grounds for excluding liability;
5. International criminal procedure: phases of international criminal procedure, evidentiary rules, fact-finding impediments, fair trial principles;
6. Prosecution of international crimes before national courts;
7. Concurrence of jurisdiction between states and international criminal courts and tribunals (primacy versus complementarity);
During the tutorials, students will also be taught how to apply the legal concepts discussed in the preceding lectures to complex factual circumstances of (fictional) cases. They would thus learn to view the law from the perspective of judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers, and develop their legal reasoning skills.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam."
1. History of international criminal justice;
2. Institutional structure of the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the "mixed Tribunals";
3. Sources of international criminal law;
4. Substantive law: elements of crimes, criminal responsibility of (military and civilian) superiors, grounds for excluding liability;
5. International criminal procedure: phases of international criminal procedure, evidentiary rules, fact-finding impediments, fair trial principles;
6. Prosecution of international crimes before national courts;
7. Concurrence of jurisdiction between states and international criminal courts and tribunals (primacy versus complementarity);
During the tutorials, students will also be taught how to apply the legal concepts discussed in the preceding lectures to complex factual circumstances of (fictional) cases. They would thus learn to view the law from the perspective of judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers, and develop their legal reasoning skills.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam."
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