INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE- SYLLABUS

1. / Course:Introduction to International Criminal Justice
2. / University Department: Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
3. / Course Code:
4. / Course Type:Optional
5. / Programme: International and European Law LLB
6. / Degree: Bachelor (LL.B.)
7. / Year: III
8. / Semester:winter
9. / Form of Tuition and Number of Hours:winter (20 – lectures, 30 – classes), summer (20 – lecture, 30 – classes)
10. / Name, Surname, academic title:
Dr Karolina Kremens, Dr Bartlomiej Krzan
11. / Prequisites:
Basic knowledge concerning international law
Basic knowledge concerning criminal law
12. / Course Objectives:
1. To provide basic knowledge concerning international criminal courts and tribunals.
2. To provide basic knowledge concerningprinciples of individual responsibility in international criminal law.
3. To provide basic knowledge concerning international crimes.
4. To provide basic knowledge with regard to the most important case-law of international criminal courts and tribunals.
13. / Learning Outcomes:
XYZ_W01 Student has knowledge of International Criminal Justice and its evolution / K_W01
K_W02
K_W08
XYZ_W02 – Student has knowledge concering the principles of criminal liability in international criminal jurisdiction / K_W01
K_W02
K_W04
K_W08
XYZ_W03 - Student has knowledge concering the types of international crimes / K_W01
K_W02
K_W08
XYZ_W04 – Student has basic knowledge of penalties and sentencing / K_W01
K_W08
XYZ_U01 – Student is able to identify what action or omission constitutes an offence, describe the elements of actus reus and propose a legal characterisation / K_U01
K_U02
K_U03
K_U06
K_U10
XYZ_U02 - Student is able to analyse the facts of a case with application of relevant legal norms and case-law / K_U01
K_U02
K_U03
K_U06
K_U10
XYZ_U03 – Student is able to identify the influence from various legal systems on International Criminal Justice and its evolution / K_U01
K_U02
K_U05
K_U06
K_U08
K_U09
XYZ_U04 - Student is able to present his/her view on the future of International Criminal Justice / K_U01
K_U02
K_U04
K_U07
K-U10
XYZ_K01 - Student is able to present his/her view on the future of International Criminal Justice / K_K01
K_K02
K_K03
K_K04
K_K06
K_K10
XYZ_K02 – Student understands the significance of criminal law evolutionand the mutual influence of various legal systems / K_K01
K_K02
K_K03
K_K04
K_K06
K_K10
XYZ_K03 – Student understands the significance of negotiated justice in criminal matters / K_K03
K_K04
K_K06
K_K10
14. / COURSE CONTENT:
No. / Lecture Objective (Winter Semester) / Hours
W1 / Introduction to the course, notion of international criminal law and the sources of international criminal law. / 2
K1 / International Military Tribunals: Nuremberg and Tokyo / 2
W2 / Principles and objectives of international criminal law / 2
K2 / International Criminal Tribunals ad hoc / 2
W3 / International Crimes I: genocide / 2
K3 / International Criminal Court / 2
W4 / International Crimes II: crimes against humanity / 2
K4 / Other examples of international criminal justice / 2
W5 / International Crimes III: war crimes / 2
K5 / Principles of criminal liability in international criminal law / 2
W6 / International Crimes IV: crime of aggression and other international crimes / 2
K6 / Circumstances excluding criminal liability / 2
W7 / Victims of international crimes – notion and the respective rights / 2
K7 / International criminal procedure I / 2
W8 / State cooperation with international criminal courts and tribunals / 2
K8 / International criminal procedure II / 2
W9 / Alternatives to international criminal justice / 2
K9 / Penalties and sentencing / 2
W10 / Future of international criminal justice / 2
K10 / Final test / 2
Total hours: / 40
15. / LITERATURE:
Recommended Reading:
1. / R. Cryer, H. Friman, D. Robinson, E. Wilmshurst, An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure, Cambridge University Press 2010, second ed.
Additional Reading:
1. / M.C. Bassiouni, Introduction to International Criminal Law, Transnational Publishers 2003.
2. / A.Cassese, International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press 2008, wyd. 2.
3. / A.Cassese, P. Gaeta, J.R.W.D. Jones (red.), The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Commentary, OxfordUniversity Press 2002.
4. / W.A. Schabas, The UN International Criminal Tribunals. The former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, Cambridge University Press 2006.
5. / C. Romano, A. Nollkaemper, J. Kleffner (red.), Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor, Kosovo and Cambodia, OxfordUniversity Press 2004.
16. / Methods of earning credits for the completion of a course/methods of assessing academic progress:
Lecture: written exam
Class: finaltest, participation in classes, evaluation of student’s activity during classes and case studies
17. / Course’s language: English
18. / STUDENT’S WORKLOAD
Activity / Average number of hours
for the activity
Classes / 20
Lectures / 20
Preparation for Final Test / 20
Preparation for classes / 10
Preparation for Exam / 15
Total hours: / 25
Total ECTS points / 110