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Course description of DROI-C-579 [version française]

Title

Law of Armed Conflicts



Lecturer

M. Eric DAVID



Prerequisites

Public International Law



Objective

Introducing the basic principles of the law of armed conflicts, its relation with public international law; Introducing the methodological rules to apply and analyse IHL



Contents

Basic principles relating to the scope, the contents of international humanitarian law (IHL), the ways of checking its correct application, the way to punish international humanitarian law crimes



Bibliography

In French: E. David, Principles of the Law of Armed Conflicts and E. David, F. Tulkens and D. Vandermeersch, Code of International Humanitarian Law (ref. above)



Campus and term(s)

Campus du Solbosch, 1st term



Teaching methods

Lecturing and occasional practical exercises, course taught in French



Assessment

Oral or written examination: The students must solve practical cases with the assistance of their books



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-579

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





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