International Humanitarian Law - JURD7381
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS3181
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The course is designed to provide an overview of the fundamental principles of the law of armed conflict (or international humanitarian law). It will place international humanitarian law within public international law more generally, and delineate its relationship to other areas of international law (such as the international law of human rights). Specifically, the course will cover the principles and rules relating to the protection of individuals during armed conflict, as well as rules relating to the means and methods of warfare, including weapons issues. We will also explore issues relating to the implementation and international and national enforcement of international humanitarian law.
- the position of international humanitarian law within public international law
- the relationship between rules related to the right to use force and international humanitarian law
- the historical development of international humanitarian law norms
- the principles determining the rules applicable in different conflict situations, or issues of classification of conflicts
- rules related to the protection of persons during armed conflict, as well as situations of violence not amounting to armed conflict
- rules and principles regarding the means and methods of warfare, including weapons issues
- the relationship between international humanitarian law and international human rights law
- implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law, including a brief overview of the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court, as well as national enforcement of international humanitarian law
- challenges and potential new directions for international humanitarian law, including issues raised by terrorism,
- the role of the ICRC and the Red Cross Movement in armed conflict, and the work of governments, other international organisations and NGOs.