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In the final evaluation it will be taken into account to what extent the student:
- is able to use key terminology, concepts, theories, and methodology used in the fields of international human rights and criminal justice;
- exhibits an understanding of how historical dynamics define and explain the evolution of international human rights and criminal justice;
- is able to apply a global perspective to knowledge about the historical roots of current issues in his or her work;
- demonstrates an ability to effectively use knowledge about historical roots of current issues in his or her work
At the end of the Second World War, the victorious Allied powers established international military tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo to try the defeated Axis leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In 1948, the United Nations promulgated both the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Half a century later in the 1990s, in the wake of enormous violence in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the United Nations, citing the "Nuremberg principles," established ad hoc international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. Finally, in 2002, the Rome Statute establishing the permanent International Criminal Court was established in The Hague.
This course traces the rise of international human rights and, in particular, international criminal justice in the twentieth century. Using historical, philosophical and legal documentation, the students will become acquainted with the ideas, norms, laws and institutions that inform this evolution. The course will treat specific historic court cases such as the main Nuremberg trial, Eichmann , Miloševi and others. The students will read selected works from theorists and practitioners of international human rights and international criminal justice, from both proponents and critics. The legal, political and historical implications of international criminal justice will be scrutinized.
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Christian Axboe Nielsen
Instructions will typically involve lectures, student presentations, group work, and class discussions in a combination that exposes the students to different learning styles.
English
A collection of relevant texts will be available before the start of the semester.
Wednesday 9-12, room 1465/226
