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Course description of DROI-C-572 [version française]

Title

International Criminal Law



Lecturer

Mme Anne WEYEMBERGH



Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of criminal law and public international law



Objective

Introducing the basic principles of criminal international law



Contents

Territorial jurisdiction in Belgium and limitations (immunities, jurisdiction on sea and in air space); Extraterritorial jurisdiction (principles of active and passive nationality, principle of protection of national interests, universal jurisdiction); Co-operation and mutual assistance in criminal matters (for investigation, enforcement of judgements, extradition, European arrest warrant, international arrest warrant, Interpol, Europol, Eurojust, transfer of condemned persons, etc); International crimes (ways of establishing international crimes, nature and contents of international crimes, etc); International criminal courts (ICC, ICTs, mixed ICTs, proceedings and case-law)



Bibliography

In French: International Criminal Law, Bruylant, 2009, circa 1700 p., and Code of international criminal law, Bruylant, 2009, circa 1600 p



Campus and term(s)

Campus du Solbosch, 1st and 2nd term



Teaching methods

Lecturing and occasional practical exercises



Assessment

Personal research papers by students



ECTS

total: 4 ECTS (théorie: 2, travaux personnels: 2)

The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit is a measure of the student workload for each activity associated with a course. Conventionally, one ECTS credit represents 24h of work.


Course thaught in

Académie universitaire Wallonie-Bruxelles:


DROI-C-572

DINT6-P: master complémentaire en droit international - année unique, option droit international public (optional)





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