This learning unit is not being organized during year 2024-2025.
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Main themes
This teaching is specialized. It is based on the knowledge of the basic principles and concepts of the criminal law, of the penal procedure and of the international public law.
It aims at studying a juridical phenomena which is actually subject to significant developments.
The first part of the course is relating to the international cooperation in penal matter and to the various institutional places implementing the cooperation. After having examined the main features of the treaties and other international instruments adopted within the framework of the United Nations, the concept of international crime will be studied.
Then, the course will study the serious violations of the international humanitarian law (war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide). It will finally examine the question of the individual responsibility for these crimes, implemented by the national (Belgian) penal jurisdictions or by the international penal jurisdictions (International tribunal for Ex-Yugoslavia and Rwanda, International criminal court) or courts (e.g.: Sierra Leone or Kampuchea).
Other information
This teaching is specialized. It is based on the knowledge of the basic principles and concepts of the criminal law, of the penal procedure and of the international public law
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