This paper introduces students to international criminal law as it applies to terrorism and human rights from early history through to modern times.
This paper introduces students to international criminal law as it applies to terrorism and human rights from early history through to modern times.
| Paper title | Special Topic 5: International Criminal Law: Terrorism and Human Rights |
|---|---|
| Paper code | LAWS474 |
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Summer School (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $710.30 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 96 LAWS points
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Notes
- Not all optional papers will be available in any given year.
- Contact
- law@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Faculty of Law's website
- Teaching staff
Dr Matthew Gillett
- Textbooks
- Course materials are provided.
- Course outline
Historical evolution of terrorism; and its place under international criminal law
Human rights and counter-terrorism (in-Lecture exercise on assessing counter-terrorism operations against human rights standards)
International Conventions and Security Council Resolutions on terrorism
Judicial definitions of terrorism (particularly Special Tribunal for Lebanon) (in-Lecture exercise on negotiating definition of Terrorism)
Eco-terrorism, ecocide, and environmental protection
The war on terror and jus ad bellum
Terror and terrorism and jus in bello
Countering financing and material support of terrorist organizations
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Critical thinking, Ethics, Environmental
literacy, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
1. Understanding the abstract concepts of terrorism and human rights and possessing knowledge about the historical emergence and current manifestations of these concepts
2. Familiarisation with the various anti-terrorism conventions and other applicable international treaties and customary rules; knowledge of current efforts to agree a comprehensive definition of terrorism and obstacles to same
3. Knowledge of, and ability to identify, the most relevant human rights affected by counter-terrorism efforts and comments on tensions between human rights law and counter-terrorism with the appreciation that terrorism and human rights are dynamic subjects, which are constantly evolving
