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International criminal law

Code Cours
2223-FDL-LAW-EN-3003
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Establishment
Law Faculty
Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Catherine Denis
Period
S6

Présentation

Modalités

Forms of instruction

Oral presentation by the lecturer (with power point support), during lectures, interaction with students: continuous assesment of their understanding of the legal issues presented and questions/answers to enhance their best understanding, short presentations by the students themselves (in 4 to 5 members-groups) on specific topics defined at the first lectures.

Participation during the lectures, including oral presentations, written exam divided in 2 main parts:

1) theory (2/3 of the overall points)

2) casus (1/3 of the overall points)

Evaluation
Examen : coeff. 1

Ressources

Bibliography

S/RES/827 (1993), 22 February 1993 (ICTY)|| S/RES/955 (1994), 8 November 1994 (ICTR)|| S/RES/1966 (2010), 22 December 2010 (IRMCT)|| S/RES/1422 (2002), 12 July 2002 (UN peacekeeping)|| Res. 1593 (2005), 31 March 2005)|| S/RES/1970 (2011), 26 February 2011) (Libya)|| ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Tadic, Appeals Chamber, Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction, 2 October 1995.|| Resolution on the Definition of the Crime Agression Resolution RC/Res.6,|| ICTR, The Prosecutor v. Zigiranyirazo, Appeals Chamber, Judgement, 16 November 2009.|| ICC, The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Pre-Trial Chamber I, Decision on the confirmation of charges, 30 September 2008 (§§5-10 (Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui); §§ 233-284 (armed conflict, using children, attack against civilian population)|| ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Blaskic, Appeals Chamber, Judgement, 26 July 2004 §§103-116 (pp. 36-40).|| ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Blagojevic and Jokic, Trial Chamber I, Judgement, 17 January 2005, §§ 644-654 (pp. 1; 237-241).|| ICTR, The Prosecutor v. Nahimana, Barayagwiza and Ngeze, Appeals Chamber, Judgement, 28 November 2007, §§ 491-497 (protected group) (pp. 1; 156-157); §§ 983-988 (pp. 311-314).|| ICTR, The Prosecutor v. Simba, Trial Chamber I, Judgement and Sentence, 13 December 2005, §§ 411-419 (p. 1; 96-98)|| ICTR, The Prosecutor v. Kalimanzira, Trial Chamber III, Judgement, 22 June 2009, §§ 730-738 (p. 1; 151-152).|| ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Kunarac et al., Appeals Chamber, Judgement, 12 June 2002, §§ 55-60 (pp16-18).|| ICC, The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Trial Chamber I, Judgment pursuant to Article 74 of the Statute|| <b>Advised books:</b>|| Bantekas, I., International Criminal Law, Oxford, Hart publishing, 4th ed., forthcoming, 2010.|| Bassiouni, Cherif (ed.), International Criminal Law: Sources, Subjects, and Contents, Nijhoff 2008 3rd rev. ed.|| Bassiouni, Cherif, A Guide to International Criminal Law, Brill, 2008|| Cassese, A., International Criminal Law, Oxford, OUP, 3rd Ed.|| Cassese, A., Gaeta, P. &amp; Jones, John R.W.D. (eds.), The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Commentary. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002