MVZ155 The War Crimes and their Prosecution

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ľubomír Majerčík, LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Mon 10:00–13:00 P52
Prerequisites
To display an internest for international politics, to show basic knowledge of world affairs, to have the will to prepare for the class regularly.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 85 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/85, only registered: 0/85
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: - develop a basic understanding of international humanitarian law and international public law - to apply their rules to concrete cases - to compare different types of international tribunals adjudicating war crimes and to assess their pros and con - to evaluate critically the recent activities of the International Criminal Court and objections of international community directed at it. Among the side effects of the completion of the course should be awareness of the broader context of armed conflicts, of their impact on the civilian population and uneasy relationship between peace efforts and prosecution of war criminals.
Syllabus
  • international humanitarian law and the birht of the international criminal justice
  • the theory of the international criminal justice
  • The Nuremberg and the Tokyo tribunals
  • domestic prosecution of international crimes and its limits (universal jurisdiction)
  • the international criminal tribunals for ex-Yugoslavia and Rwanda
  • the alternatiove means of international justice
  • the International Criminal Court: the creation and the controversy
  • the elements of international crimes
  • The International Criminal Court: structure, activities and first cases
  • The ICC and EU and the Czech Republic; the future of international criminal justicetrestního soudnictví
Literature
    required literature
  • ROBERTSON, Geodffrey. Crimes against humanity : the struggle for global justice. 3rd ed. London: Penguin Books, 2006, xxxiv, 758. ISBN 9780141024639. info
  • POWER, Samantha. A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. 2003. info
  • ŠTURMA, Pavel. Mezinárodní trestní soud a stíhání zločinců podle mezinárodního práva. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. info
  • GARY, Jonathan and BASS. Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. 2001. info
Teaching methods
mandatory readings discussion about the mandatory readings analysis of the case-law
Assessment methods
Grading will depend on the final and the interim written tests. Moreover, students have to write two short papers on a given real-life example. Class participation is awarded by 15 %, which can be substituted by presentation. For successful completion of the course a minimum 66 % of the overall grading is required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007.
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