Description
International Criminal Law is an elective subject in undergraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Law. In this subject students will examine a range of contemporary issues relating to: the use of criminal law to sanction breaches of internationally recognised human rights and of international standards for the initiation and conduct of war; domestic and international prosecutions and the development of international criminal tribunals (from the Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials to the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia), other hybrid tribunals and the International Criminal Court. The subject focuses on the crimes articulated in the Rome Statute, specifically the crimes of aggression, war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. It examines topics such as: alternatives to international criminal prosecution, e.g. Truth and Reconciliation Commissions; responses to international problems such as terrorism; the relationship between international and domestic criminal jurisdiction; and issues of investigation, prosecution and punishment of international crimes.
Subject details
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Code | LAWS13-555 |
| EFTSL | 0.125 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Law |
| Semesters offered |
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| Credit | 10 |
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Learning outcomes
1. Apply the laws of the Rome Statute to particular factual scenarios. 2. Recognise the competing tensions in International Criminal Law. 3. Analyse comprehensively a specific area of International Criminal Law.
Enrolment requirements
| Requisites: ? | Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: | Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge. Assumed Prior Learning (or equivalent): |
| Restrictions: ? | Students must be admitted into an approved Bachelor Law degree OR Bachelor of Laws combined degree OR Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology OR be an approved Law Study Abroad OR Law Exchange student. This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject outlines
Subject dates
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens | 14/11/2021 |
| Semester start | 17/01/2022 |
| Subject start | 17/01/2022 |
| Cancellation 1? | 31/01/2022 |
| Cancellation 2? | 07/02/2022 |
| Last enrolment | 30/01/2022 |
| Withdraw – Financial? | 12/02/2022 |
| Withdraw – Academic? | 05/03/2022 |
| Teaching census? | 11/02/2022 |