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Kar
Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar
Szervezet
ÁJTK Büntetőjogi Tanszék
Kód
JNX_ERASMUS:FX05
Cím
International Criminal Law
Tervezett félév
Mindkét
Meghirdetve
2024/25/1
ECTS
5
Nyelv
en
Leírás
Course description International Criminal Law Course leader: Prof. Dr. Gellér Balázs József Further lecturer: Dr. Polt Péter. dr. Doszpoth Anna Course description: The lecture provides students with an overview of the establishment, development and fundamental principles of international criminal law in the narrow sense of the word. Students will be presented the legal definition of the core international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as their evolution shaped by the case law of international criminal tribunals. According to the above, a special emphasis will be laid on the system of international criminal forums: the Nuremberg and Tokyo Military Tribunals, the two ad-hoc Tribunals established by the United Nations Security Council for Rwanda and for the former Yugoslavia (ICTR and ICTY), the permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as on the newest milestones of international criminal jurisprudence: the hybrid international courts. In the end of the semester, students will be presented Hungarian cases related to international criminal law, which also gained international importance. Competencies: Students, who regularly participate on the lectures, will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the most violent international crimes of the last century by analysing the objective and subjective elements of the offences, the case law of the various international criminal tribunals and the main causes and triggering factors behind the conflicts. Furthermore, the course aims to present the current conflicts of the world and the ongoing criminal trials. Exam: The course ends with a written exam based on the PPT presentations and further materials uploaded to Neptun Meetstreet. Students, who fail the test or wish to gain a better grade, will be provided the opportunity to an oral exam. Course schedule: 1. Introducing lecture, the history and development of international criminal law, part 1 2. The history and development of international criminal law, part 2 3. Principles of international criminal law 4. War crimes, part 1 5. War crimes, part 2 6. Crimes against humanity 7. Genocide 8. International criminal courts and tribunals, ICTY and ICTR 9. The permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) 10. The hybrid international courts 11. The revolution of 1956 12. Analysis of selected Hungarian cases: Biszku Béla, Képíró Sándor, Csatáry László International Criminal Law 2015-2016 fall semester Monday 12:00-14:00 Room IX. 14 September Introducing lecture, the history and development of international criminal law, part 1 21 September The history and development of international criminal law, part 2 28 September Principles of international criminal law 5 October War crimes, part 1 12 October War crimes, part 2 19 October Crimes against humanity 2 November Genocide 9 November International criminal courts and tribunals, ICTY and ICTR 16 November The permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) 23 November The hybrid international courts 30 November The revolution of 1956 7 December Analysis of selected Hungarian cases: Biszku Béla, Képíró Sándor, Csatáry László Recommended literature: Antonio Cassese: International Criminal law (third edition, 2013)
Tantárgy tartalma
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW Lecturers: Prof. Balázs Gellér, Dr. Imre Németh Department of Criminal Law (ELTE) E-mail: nemeth.imre@ajk.elte.hu Course description The course offers an introduction to the most important aspects of international criminal law, whose aim is to end the “culture of impunity” regarding the most serious offenders, who had committed one of the core international crimes; to contribute to establish open societies based on democratic values; and to raise awareness to the fundamental human rights. The course gives an overview of the history and development of international criminal law and its most important principles developed by international criminal courts. After the introductory lectures, each of the core international crimes: genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity will be analyzed in detail, and the last lectures of the course will concentrate on the institutional basis of international criminal justice by introducing the different forms of international criminal courts. Course outline 1. Sources and history of international criminal law I. 2. Sources and history of international criminal law II. 3. General principles of international criminal law (General part I.) 4. General principles of international criminal law (General part II.) 5. Genocide 6. War crimes 7. Crimes against humanity 8. Further international crimes, the problematic of immunity 9. International Criminal Tribunals: the ad-hoc Criminal Tribunals of the United Nations (ICTY and ICTR) 10. International Criminal Tribunals: the permanent International Criminal Court 11. International Criminal Tribunals: the hybrid international criminal courts 12. Exam Assessment regular attendance of the lecture Exam: written exam on the last lecture based on the recommended literature, PPT slides and handouts. Students may choose to write an essay of maximum 30.000 characters instead of the written examination on a topic approved by one of the lecturers. Recommended Literature Antonio Cassese and Paola Gaeta: Cassese’s International Criminal Law (2013).
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