Last update: JUDr. PhDr. Dagmar Černá, LL.M., Ph.D. (08.02.2012)
The course focuses on the international criminal justice, one of the most important and actual questions of the international
law, deals with its origins and recent development, esp. with regard to the case law of the institutions of the international
criminal justice.
Last update: JUDr. PhDr. Dagmar Černá, LL.M., Ph.D. (08.02.2012)
The course focuses on the international criminal justice, one of the most important and actual questions of the international
law, deals with its origins and recent development, esp. with regard to the case law of the institutions of the international
criminal justice.
Literature -
Last update: JUDr. PhDr. Dagmar Černá, LL.M., Ph.D. (08.02.2012)
Readings (extracts from the following books):
Bruce Broomhall, International Justice and the International Criminal Court: Between Sovereignty and the Rule of Law, Oxford 2003.
José Doria, Hans-Peter Gasser, M. Cherif Bassiouni (ed.), The Legal Regime of the International Criminal Court, Leiden 2009.
Antonio Cassese, International Criminal Law, Oxford 2008.
Ellen L. Lutz, Caitlin Reiger (ed.), Prosecuting Heads of State, New York 2009.
Michael R. Marrus, The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, Boston, New York 1997.
Cesare P. R. Romano, André Nollkaemper, Jann K. Kleffner (ed.), Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor, Kosovo and Cambodia, Oxford 2004.
William A. Schabas, An Introduction to the International Criminal Court, Cambridge 2004.
William A. Schabas, The UN International Criminal Tribunals: The Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, Cambridge 2008.
Manoj Kumar Sinha (ed.), International Criminal Law and Human Rights, New Delhi 2010.
Samuel Totten, William S. Parsons (ed.), Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts, New York 2009.
Texts distributed during the classes (especially case law).
Last update: JUDr. PhDr. Dagmar Černá, LL.M., Ph.D. (08.02.2012)
Readings (extracts from the following books):
Bruce Broomhall, International Justice and the International Criminal Court: Between Sovereignty and the Rule of Law, Oxford 2003.
José Doria, Hans-Peter Gasser, M. Cherif Bassiouni (ed.), The Legal Regime of the International Criminal Court, Leiden 2009.
Antonio Cassese, International Criminal Law, Oxford 2008.
Ellen L. Lutz, Caitlin Reiger (ed.), Prosecuting Heads of State, New York 2009.
Michael R. Marrus, The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, Boston, New York 1997.
Cesare P. R. Romano, André Nollkaemper, Jann K. Kleffner (ed.), Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor, Kosovo and Cambodia, Oxford 2004.
William A. Schabas, An Introduction to the International Criminal Court, Cambridge 2004.
William A. Schabas, The UN International Criminal Tribunals: The Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, Cambridge 2008.
Manoj Kumar Sinha (ed.), International Criminal Law and Human Rights, New Delhi 2010.
Samuel Totten, William S. Parsons (ed.), Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts, New York 2009.
Texts distributed during the classes (especially case law).
Syllabus -
Last update: JUDr. PhDr. Dagmar Černá, LL.M., Ph.D. (08.02.2012)
Requirements: Active participation, presentation and exam.
Structure of the Course: Introduction to the Subject (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law) The Origins and the Development of the International Humanitarian Law Road to the Nuremberg Trial Charter of the International Military Tribunal and the Nuremberg Trial Tokyo Trial in Comparison with the Nuremberg Trial Road to the Establishment of the UN Ad-Hoc Tribunals (ICTY and ICTR) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), its Statute and Case Law International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), its Statute and Case Law Road to the Establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its Statute International Criminal Court (Actual Questions) Mixed Models of the International Criminal Justice (Sierra Leone, Cambodia, etc.) Comparison of the International Criminal Institutions, Evaluation and Future Perspectives
Last update: JUDr. PhDr. Dagmar Černá, LL.M., Ph.D. (08.02.2012)
Requirements: Active participation, presentation and exam.
Structure of the Course: Introduction to the Subject (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law) The Origins and the Development of the International Humanitarian Law Road to the Nuremberg Trial Charter of the International Military Tribunal and the Nuremberg Trial Tokyo Trial in Comparison with the Nuremberg Trial Road to the Establishment of the UN Ad-Hoc Tribunals (ICTY and ICTR) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), its Statute and Case Law International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), its Statute and Case Law Road to the Establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its Statute International Criminal Court (Actual Questions) Mixed Models of the International Criminal Justice (Sierra Leone, Cambodia, etc.) Comparison of the International Criminal Institutions, Evaluation and Future Perspectives
