International Criminal Law WP-MON-ICL

1. International criminal law as a legal discipline
2. The notion of international crimes
3. Sources of international criminal law
4. Distinction between responsibility of states and individuals in international law
5. Main principles of individual criminal responsibility and international criminal law
6. Universal jurisdiction and international criminal jurisdiction
7. Methods of establishing international criminal tribunals
8. Jurisdiction of a chosen international(-ized) criminal tribunal/court
(subject matter, personal, temporal, territorial)
9. Advantages and disadvantages of the hybrid (internationalized) criminal tribunals
10. Grounds excluding the criminal responsibility under the Rome Statute
11. Problems in ensuring the co-operation with international tribunals
12. Relationship between international and domestic criminal jurisdiction
13. Financing of international criminal tribunals
14. Objections raised by states against the jurisdiction of the permanent ICC
15. Jurisdiction of the ICC over the crime of aggression
16. Non-judicial mechanisms of accountability
17. Transnational offences
18. International criminal law of the sea
19. Extradition
20. Mutual assistance in criminal matters
21. International criminal procedure
22. Enforcement of sentence

Methods of graduation:
Essay

(in Polish) E-Learning

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Subject level

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes

Legal studies Konwledge: PR_W02,PR_W03 PR_W04, PR_W06 PR_W07 Administration Knowledge: AD2_W02, AD2_W06 Abilities: AD2_U05, AD2_U09 AD2_U10 Social competences: AD2_K02

Type of subject

obligatory

Course coordinators

Elżbieta Karska

Bibliography

1. Cassese Antonio, Gaeta Paola, Jones John R.W.D., The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Commentary, Oxford University Press
2. Dixon Rodney, Khan Karim, Archbold International Criminal Courts, Thomson Sweet & Maxwell
3. Bantekas Ilias, Nash Susan, International Criminal Law, Cavendish publishing
4. Schabas William, An Introduction to the International Criminal Court, Cambridge University Press
5. McDonald Gabrielle Kirk, Swaak-Goldman Olivia, Substantive and Procedural Aspects of International Criminal Law, The Experience of International and National Courts, Commentary, Kluwer Law International
6. K.. Kittichaisaree, International Criminal Law, Oxford 2001.

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