International and national case law has played and continues to play an important role in the development of international criminal law. From Nuremberg to the arrest warrant for President Al Bashir, international criminal law has also been fleshed out in less known cases that will be discussed with students.
The course will focus on the substantive rules and principles of international criminal law. In particular, it will consider the following issues:
(a) principles of legality and sources of international criminal law;
(b) categories of international crimes;
(c) modes of international criminal liability;
(d) defences.
At the end of the course, students will have developed their analytical skills and critical sensibility. They will have acquired not only detailed knowledge of the case law that has shaped this area of international law, but also the problems faced by national and international criminal judges when prosecuting crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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