The seminar will have a form of a debate. Students will be divided into 3 groups (defenders, opponents, and referees), write a group report for each camp and defend/oppose a statement given beforehand. 

Read the file below in order to prepare for the debate.

Please note a slight change: You will be divided into 4 groups, so the timing changes slightly. Groups A, B and C start with 10 minutes introduction each, afterwards, referees give them 2 minutes (per group) for quick replicas. Then referees allow groups to ask each other questions (each group poses 1 question to each of the remaining 2 groups). Referees prepare 2 questions for every group (I.e. they pose 6 questions maximum). 

After the questions, referees allow groups a final 1 minutes statement (3 minutes in total). After final speeches, they leave to decide on the winner.

SUBMISSION OF YOUR REPORTS:

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

• Opinio Juris https://opiniojuris.org/
• Verfassungsblog: https://verfassungsblog.de/a-tale-of-primacy/
• EJIL Talk! https://www.ejiltalk.org/

Start with, for example, following posts:

• Official ICC Statements on Israel https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state
• On Ukraine https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and
• Kevin Jon Heller: The Best Option: An Extraordinary Ukrainian Chamber for Aggression. Opinio Juris https://opiniojuris.org/2022/03/16/the-best-option-an-extraordinary-ukrainian-chamber-for-aggression/
• Emily Mullin and Gregory Stanton: Prosecuting Putin https://opiniojuris.org/2024/10/01/prosecuting-putin-creation-of-a-special-tribunal-for-russian-aggression/
• Eric Alter: Breaking the Consensus among states at war https://opiniojuris.org/2024/09/04/breaking-the-consensus-of-wrongdoing-among-states-at-war-the-judicialization-of-the-ukraine-and-gaza-wars/
• Marko Milanovic: Were the Israeli Pager and Walkie-Talkie Attacks on Hezbollah Indiscriminate? https://www.ejiltalk.org/were-the-israeli-pager-and-walkie-talkie-attacks-on-hezbollah-indiscriminate/