International Humanitarian Law
Objectives
After successfully completed this course, students will be able to:
- identify concepts, terminology, and arenas of international humanitarian law;
- recognize and apply key sources of international humanitarian law, and comprehend the complex relationships between them;
- work on cases related to human rights violations pertaining to the field of international humanitarian law;
- develop arguments on the intersection of law, human rights and politics at international level;
- and reflect on contemporary challenges, such as those arising of the use of new technologies on the battlefield, related to international humanitarian law.
General characterization
Code
33122
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Laura Iñigo Alvarez
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 168
Teaching language
Available soon
Prerequisites
Not Applicable
Bibliography
Not Applicable
Teaching method
The course will consist of weekly short lectures and seminar-style discussion. That discussion will be based not only on the slides' content, but also on the reading material, which will be regularly made available to the course participants on Moodle.
Evaluation method
The students will be assessed on the basis of a continuous evaluation model (essay and preparation of a case study).
Students retain the right to be assessed on the basis of a final written exam.
Subject matter
- Introduction to IHL
- History and Sources of IHL
- The Main Principles of IHL
- The Main Protective Regimes in IHL
- The Aims and Uses of IHL: Critical Approaches
- Armed Non-State Actors in IHL
- The War on Terror
- New Weapon Technologies
- Cyber Attacks
- Intersections with International Human Rights Law
- Intersections with International Criminal Law
- Concluding Remarks on IHL