The aim:
1. To provide basic knowledge concerning international criminal courts and tribunals.
2. To provide basic knowledge concerning principles of individual responsibility in international criminal law.
3. To provide basic knowledge concerning international crimes.
4. To provide basic knowledge with regard to the most important case-law of international criminal courts and tribunals.

Acquired knowledge:
1. Student has knowledge of International Criminal Justice and its evolution.
2. Student has knowledge concering the principles of criminal liability in international criminal jurisdiction.
3. Student has knowledge concering the types of international crimes.
4. Student has basic knowledge of penalties and sentencing.

Acquired skills:
1. Student is able to identify what action or omission constitutes an offence, describe the elements of actus reus and propose a legal characterisation.
2. Student is able to analyse the facts of a case with application of relevant legal norms and case-law.
3. Student is able to identify the influence from various legal systems on International Criminal Justice and its evolution.
4. Student is able to present his/her view on the future of International Criminal Justice.

Acquired social skills:
1. Student is able to present results of problem analysis.
2. Student understands the significance of criminal law evolution and the mutual influence of various legal systems.
3. Student understands the significance of negotiated justice in criminal matters.

Course contents: 
1. Introduction to the course, notion of international criminal law and the sources of international criminal law.
2. International Military Tribunals: Nuremberg and Tokyo.
3. International Criminal Tribunals ad hoc.
4. International crimes.
5. International Criminal Court.
6. Other mechanisms of international criminal justice.
7. Principles of criminal liability in international criminal law.
8. State cooperation with international criminal courts and tribunals.
9. International Criminal Procedure.
10. Alternatives to international criminal justice.
11. Future of international criminal justice.

Recommended reading: 
1. An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure, Cryer, R. et al. (eds.), CUP. Cambridge 2010.