The aim:
1. Familiarization with the criminological approach to international crimes.

Acquired knowledge:
1. Knowledge of the causes, essence of international crime and the scope of criminalization.

Acquired skills:
1. Criminological analysis of international crimes.

Acquired social skills:
1. Preparation to recognize, counteract and respond to macrocrime.

Course contents: 
1. Criminological approaches to international criminality.
2. Defining and Conceptualising International Crimes.
3. The Aetiology of International Crimes.
4. The Response to Crime.
5. Perpetrators: towards a Typology.
6. The Role of the Victims and Victimology.
7. Preventive Strategies.
8. Case studies: Armenian Genocide,Holocaust, My Lai, Cambodia, South Africa, Latin America: Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Colombia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Darfur, Syria.

Recommended reading: 
1. SUPRANATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY: TOWARDS A CRIMINOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES, Smeulers A., Haveman R. (eds.), Intersentia. Antwerp 2008.
2. The Concept of Universal Crimes in International Law, Einarsen T., Torkel. Oslo 2012.