Human Rights and International Criminal Law: An Introduction
Discover how human rights and criminal law connect or challenge each other
Are you a master’s student or a professional new to international law and relations? On this course, you will build your understanding of human rights law, international criminal law, and how the two concepts relate to each other.
You will learn the core principles of human rights and how they have influenced international criminal law. You will discover the extent international criminal law has met the expectation of victims of human right violations. You will also look at what individuals and governments have done to prioritise human rights in fighting international crime.
What topics will you cover?
- 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
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