SELECTED TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

IUS/17 - 7 CFU - 1° semestre

Docente titolare dell'insegnamento

ROSARIA SICURELLA

Obiettivi formativi

Knowledge and understanding The course aims at providing students, who have already acquired a basic knowledge of criminal law, with the fundamental principles and the main issues of international criminal justice system, with a particular attention to the experience of the International Criminal Court and the provisions of the Statute of Rome. Applying knowledge and understanding The course aims at providing students with the necessary tools to analyse the main figures of international crimes, stimulating a reflection on the gradual development of a general theory of international criminal law. It also aims to stimulate students to carry out the analysis of the conceptual categories which are the basis for the activities of international criminal tribunals; while taking its origin from the national frameworks, the principles are logically modeled on the specific structural characteristics of the main figures of international crimes, and more generally, on the dynamics of the international criminal responsibility of the person. The student will therefore acquire a critical investigation method to enable him to fully understand the most innovative aspects as well as the shortcomings and inconsistencies of the current legislative framework and of the solutions adopted by the courts.


Prerequisiti richiesti

Diritto costituzionale e istituzioni di diritto privato


Frequenza lezioni

Facoltativa


Contenuti del corso

Introduction: Evolution of Criminal Jurisdictions. From Nuremberg to Rome
I- General Part : the fundamentals. – 1. Legality principle: the sources of ICL. – 2. The structure of international crimes: actus reus, contextual element, mens rea. – 3. Mental Element. – 4. Mistake of Fact and Mistake of Law. – 5. Superior Order. – 6. Defences. – 7. Penalties and sentencing criteria.
II-Forms of Individual Responsibility. – 8. Co-perpetration and conspiracy. – 10. Command responsibility.
III-Special Part: Crimes. – 12 Genocide. – 13 Crimes against Humanity. – 14. War Crimes


Testi di riferimento

A selection of materials will be provided during the lectures.
In addition, it is highly recommended the study of the "Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court", ed. O. Triffterer, Hart Publishing 2008, exclusively for provisions related to topics listed in the programme above.


Altro materiale didattico

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Programmazione del corso

 *ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1*THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE: FROM NUREMBERG TO ROME 
2*LEGALITY PRINCIPLE THE SOURCES OF ICL 
3*THE STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES. THE ACTUS REUS THE CONTEXTUAL ELEMENT 
4*THE STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES. THE MENTAL ELEMENT  
5*MISTAKE OF FACT MISTAKE OF LAW 
6*THE SUPERIOR ORDER 
7*DEFENCES 
8*PENALTIES AND SENTENCING CRITERIA 
9*FORMS OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. GENERAL QUESTIONS 
10*CO-PERPETRATION AND CONSPIRACY THE JOINT CRIMINAL INTERPRISE 
11*COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK 
12*COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY. THE CASE LAW 
13*THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE  
14*CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY  
15*WAR CRIMES 
16*THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION. GENERAL OVERVIEW ON PROSPECTS OF ICL 
17*MAIN CASES PENDING BEFORE THE ICC PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 
18*MAIN CASES PENDING BEFORE THE ICC PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 
19*MAIN CASES PENDING BEFORE THE ICC PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 
20*MAIN CASES PENDING BEFORE THE ICC PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 
* Conoscenze minime irrinunciabili per il superamento dell'esame.

N.B. La conoscenza degli argomenti contrassegnati con l'asterisco è condizione necessaria ma non sufficiente per il superamento dell'esame. Rispondere in maniera sufficiente o anche più che sufficiente alle domande su tali argomenti non assicura, pertanto, il superamento dell'esame.

Verifica dell'apprendimento


MODALITÀ DI VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO

Prova orale/Oral exam


PROVE IN ITINERE

Non previste


PROVE DI FINE CORSO

Non sono previste prove diverse dall'esame finale


ESEMPI DI DOMANDE E/O ESERCIZI FREQUENTI

Seminars with active partecipation of students.

LEGALITY PRINCIPLE; THE STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES; MISTAKE OF FACT; MISTAKE OF LAW; THE SUPERIOR ORDER; DEFENCES; PENALTIES AND SENTENCING CRITERIA; FORMS OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY; CO-PERPETRATION AND CONSPIRACY; COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY.



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