LAWS13-555: International Criminal Law

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.