Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Module Assessment Written Assignment of 5,000 words | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Display a knowledge and understanding of the main institutions of International criminal law.
2. Identify and examine similarities and differences between them.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the reasons for their differential categorization: International, Mixed or domestic status.
4. Present critical and well-informed argument relating to the establishment and operation of International Criminal Law institutions for the prosecution of offenders.
5. Locate and evaluate the relevant literature and materials in this field and use them in critical discussion of the subject.
6. Critically evaluate and test the arguments relating to the need for international criminal courts and tribunals.
Brief description
This module will introduce students to the most important institutions involved in the enforcement of law and in the determination of rules of law in the international criminal law context. These institutions include the following: The International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the International Criminal Court, hybrid courts, which enforce a combination of domestic and international criminal law and domestic local tribunals. The module will examine all aspects of the aforementioned institutions ranging from the reason why each was established to their respective legacies.
Content
2. The legal basis for the establishment of the above mentioned institutions.
3. The jurisdiction of the above mentioned institutions: territorial, temporal and subject matter jurisdictions.
4. Financing, location and other institutional aspects of the above institutions.
5. The legacy of the Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military Tribunals, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7