Masaryk University Brno

                                          Faculty of Law


                                    International Criminal Law



Course Evaluation


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

•           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. The minimum number of words in your essay is 2000; maximum is 2500. You must
give a word count at the end of the essay. 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. Please remember to put your student identification number
and your name at the top of your essay. Please provide CITATIONS/FOOTNOTES where appropriate!
Please include your bibliography in the end of your essay as well.


Please, upload your essay latest by 20 December 2015 to Information System (file “Homework
Vaults”).


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