Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Human Rights and International Criminal Law: An Introduction
On this course, you built your understanding of human rights law, international criminal law, and how the two concepts relate to each other. You learnt the core principles of human rights and how they have influenced international criminal law. You discovered the extent international criminal law has met the expectation of victims of human rights violations. You also looked at what individuals and governments have done to prioritise human rights in fighting international crime.
4 weeks, 6 hours per week
Paolo De Stefani
Professor of International Law of Human Rights
University of Padova
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the interplay between human rights, gender issues, the rights of the child, and international criminal law (ICL)
- Assess to what extent ICL has actually met the expectations of the victims of crimes such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and what has been the contribution of international prosecutions to the cause of human rights
- Compare the tools available for women and children to claim their rights when involved in situations of organised violence
- Debate on whether international criminal and human rights courts effectively protect the most vulnerable in situations of armed conflict or widespread violence
- Engage in mapping and sharing information on agencies that fight against sexual and gender-based violence
- Reflect on what individuals, civil society organisations and like-minded governments done to prioritise human rights in fighting international crimes and ending impunity, and on what still needs be done
Syllabus
- The parallel development of human rights law (HRL) and International criminal law (ICL)
- HRL and ILC courts: mapping the respective competencies and tasks
- Where do HRL and ICL converge or conflict? Limits, opportunities and challenges of prosecuting mass human rights violations
- A gender-sensitive human rights perspective on ICL
- Children’s rights and ICL prosecutions
- International crimes in the jurisprudence of HRL courts
Issued on 11th July 2023
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