International Criminal Justice, State Accountability, and Individual Liability

In this video, we present the content to look forward to this week and ask a few big questions. Can you suggest more questions?

By the end of this week, you should be able to:

• Distinguish between international responsibility (of states) and individual liability (of individuals)

• Undestand the difference between human rights violations and international crimes

• Talk about humanitarian law, and to address in our discussions the challenges posed by the international prosecution of war crimes in today’s world

• Appreciate the notion of human rights breaches and the concepts of genocide or crimes against humanity as having many similarities, but also crucial differences

• Realise that the historical unfolding of international institutions dealing with human rights and international criminal law has been all but easy!