Actualités et agenda
Nos formations
Présentation
- No prior knowledge of international humanitarian law is required to follow the class. However, students should preferably be familiar with basic concepts of international public law and international human rights law.
2- Students should have a good understanding of oral French. They will be allowed to respond to the exam questions in English, if needed.
3- Reading materials (in English or French) will be provided to the students before each class. The students are invited to read these materials in order to easily follow the class and be able to respond to questions that are going to be addressed to them by the Professor.
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
1- grasp the main concepts governing the protection of individuals in armed conflicts;
2- precisely determine the nature of the conflict involve; and identify precisely which IHL rule is applicable in each and every concrete instance;
3- be able to succinctly expose the main controversies that are currently taking place in the domain of the protection of individuals in armed conflicts and provide her/his own personal views on the matter; and
4- analyse a given conflict from the perspective of international humanitarian law (IHL); identify the main issues arising from that conflict; and propose solutions to address these issues.
CHAPTER 1 : OBSERVATIONS PRÉLIMINAIRES – PRINCIPES CARDINAUX – SOURCES
CHAPTER 2 : LA NOTION DE CONFLIT ARMÉ
CHAPTER 3 : LA PROTECTION DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE
CHAPTER 4 : LA PROTECTION DES CIVILS
CHAPTER 5 : LA PROTECTION DES MALADES ET BLESSÉS DE GUERRE
CHAPTER 6 : LA CONDUITE DES HOSTILTÉS, PARTIE I
CHAPTER 7 : LA CONDUITE DES HOSTILTÉS, PARTIE II
CHAPTER 8 : LA CONDUITE DES HOSTILTÉS, PARTIE III
CHAPTER 9 : LES FORCES MULTINATIONALES
CHAPTER 10 : L’OCCUPATION
CHAPTER 11 :LA MISE EN ŒUVRE DU DROIT HUMANITAIRE
Modalités
The students will be invited to take a written final exam at the end of the classes. The will be invited to reflect on three general and controversial topics that have been studied during classes. They will have to briefly present these controversies and put forward their own views on each of them.
Ressources
<strong>Class books:</strong>|| Jean d’Aspremont, Jérôme de Hemptinne, Droit international humanitaire – Thèmes choisis, Pedone, Paris, 2012.|| <b>Advised</b><b> books:</b>|| A. Clapham, P. Gaeta, M. Sassòli (dir.), <i>The Geneva Conventions. </i><i>A Commentary</i>, OUP, Oxford, 2015. <b> </b>||