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    Overview

    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.

    About this paper

    Paper title Special Topic 5: International Criminal Law: Terrorism and Human Rights
    Subject Law
    EFTS 0.1
    Points 15 points
    Teaching period Not offered in 2024 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $730.20
    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
    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.
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    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

    Timetable

    Not offered in 2024

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard
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