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International criminal law

General data

Course ID:	WP-PR-MON-ICL
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	International criminal law
Name in Polish:	International criminal law
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	8.00 (differs over time) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Short description:	Level of the subject: advanced. The aim of the subject: to study the jurisdiction of International Criminal Tribunals and Court. It is recommended to complete the course of criminal law and public international law before student selects international criminal law course.
Full description:	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: Oral exam.
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.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span:	2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK_MON W TH FR
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Elżbieta Karska
Group instructors:	Elżbieta Karska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - examination Monographic lecture - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:	obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:	(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span:	2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK_MON TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Elżbieta Karska
Group instructors:	Elżbieta Karska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - examination Monographic lecture - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:	obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:	(in Polish) nie dotyczy

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