Syllabus
Note: the succession of topics may slightly differ.
Lecture 1: Course Introduction, ICC Basic Information
Lecture 2: Sexual and Gender-based Crimes
Lecture 3: The Crime of Aggression
Lecture 4: Forms of Responsibility 1
Lecture 5: Forms of Responsibility 2
Lecture 6: The Principle of Complementarity
Lecture 7: Rights of the Accused
Lecture 8: Immunities
Lecture 9: Victims
Lecture 10: Current Events in International Criminal Law
Lecture 11: Final Lecture
Course Goals / Learning Outcomes:
Goals of the subject are: - get the students acquainted with the current case-law of the ICC and other international criminal tribunals (when relevant) - provide platform for critical analysis and group debate about the case-law, its qualities and sources - provide means to gain experience in presentation of own opinions
Annotation
The subject is intended for students with special interest in public international law, particularly international criminal law.
To reach course goals the students are required to prepare every week according to the list of sources and exercises, to prepare answers to provided questions and actively participate in the lectures. Home preparation is thus combined with thematically focused interactive lectures.
Students of the subject include Czech Master´s degree students, Erasmus students and LL.M. students. The work is in English language only
Students of the subject include Czech Master´s degree students, Erasmus students and LL.M. students. The work is in English language only.