Masaryk University Brno

                                          Faculty of Law

International Criminal Law




    Course Evaluation


•           Final Essay (2500 words)                                           85% (due on 20 May)

•           In-class participation                                     15%



Final Essay


You are required to write an essay based on the topics offered below. You can choose any of the
topics listed below. You can also analyse a particular case law (e.g.: the Tadic case, the Karadzic
case, the Katanga case, the Lubanga case).



Submission Guidelines

1.         The World Limit is 2000-2500 words.

2.         Please remember to put your student identification number and your name at the top of
your essay.

3.         All submissions must be in Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) or pdf format.

4.         The Essay must be typewritten in the font: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12, Line Spacing:
1,5 and justified alignment.

5.         The Citations must be typewritten in the font: Times New Roman, Font Size: 10, Line
Spacing: 1,5 and justified alignment.

6.         You must give a word count at the end of the essay.

7.         Your arguments and other information should be appropriately supported by reference to
relevant primary and secondary sources. Please note that Wikipedia is never an appropriate source.

8.         Please provide CITATIONS/FOOTNOTES where appropriate!

9.         Please include your bibliography in the end of your essay as well.

10.       You can choose citation style, but it must be uniform!

11.       Please, (i) upload your essay latest by 20 May 2017 to Information System (file “Homework
Vaults”). Please note that if you do not submit your essay by the deadline, this will result in you
failing the course. In addition to that, please (ii) PRINT your essay and bring it to the Office
No. 232 (Secretary of the Department of International and European Law Ms. Jana Dopitova) latest by
20 May 2017.





Suggested areas


1.      National Prosecutions of Crimes Under International Law

(e.g. state obligations to prosecute or extradite, the non-retroactivity principle)


2.      International Prosecutions of Crimes Under International Law

(e.g. ICTY, ICTR, ICC: Case Study)


3.      Command/superior responsibility: Case Study


4.      Joint Criminal Enterprise: Case Study


5.      Crimes Against Humanity (common elements: contextual threshold)


6.      Role of Victims in International Criminal Process

(e.g. definition of victims, protection of victims, reparations to victims)


7.      Alternatives and Complements to Criminal Prosecution

(e.g. amnesties, truth and reconciliation commissions)


8.      Roots of Collective Criminality (including the possibility of inter-disciplinary
approach/anthropology, social psychology etc.)


9.      Gender Violence and International Criminal Justice