Academic Agenda

1. Introduction: Use of force and international law in general (lecturer: LATTMANN)
   • Role of force and international law in international relations: power politics
   • Relationship between ius ad bellum and ius in bello
2. The individual in international law – International Human Rights Law overview (lecturer: LATTMANN)
   • Individual v. state power – a traditional role and its gradual transformation
   • Historical development of human rights and IHRL
   • IHRL today – conventions, institutions

1. Conditions and the rules of the use of force – ius ad bellum (lecturer: GALEA)
   • Historical development
   • General prohibition (UN Charter)
   • Exceptions:
     • Self-defence (UN Charter Art. 51 + customary law)
     • UNSC
   • Individual criminal responsibility (ICC – Kampala)
2. Ius ad bellum case studies (lecturer: GALEA)
   • Iraq (1991)
   • Kosovo (1999)
   • Afghanistan (2001)
   • Iraq (2003)
   • Georgia (2008)
   • Libya (2011)

1. Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (lecturer: LATTMANN)
   • Applicability of IHL norms
   • Historical development
   • Types of conflicts
   • How and why does IHL work?
   • IHL v. IHRL
2. Principles of IHL and their practical applicability (lecturer: LATTMANN)
   • Humanity, necessity, discrimination / distinction, proportionality
   • Perfidious conduct in modern warfare
   • Individual criminal responsibility for violations of IHL

1. Privileged use of force / violence by individuals (lecturer: LATTMANN)
   • Combatants, non-combatants
   • Prisoner of war status
   • Private military companies
   • CNA – computer network attacks, IT warfare and int’l law
2. Unprivileged use of force / violence by individuals (lecturer: LATTMANN)
   • In the context of an armed conflict: civilians participating in hostilities, mercenaries
   • Terrorist acts
   • Sea piracy

1. Certain weapon types and legal constraints (lecturer: ……………………..)
   • Conventional weapons
   • Weapons of mass destruction
   • Chemical and biological weapons
   • Nuclear weapons
2. Arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in NATO (lecturer: ………………)

1. Before closure: a performance appraisal of the ICTY (lecturer: .....................)
2. Case Study: Criminal justice comes home – Bosnia Herzegovina (lecturer: ....................)

1. International criminal courts and tribunals today (lecturer: ...........................)
   • SCSL, STL
   • International Criminal Court
2. Case Study: The International Criminal Court – a judicial forum for the future or a political tool for the present? Referral of situations by the UN Security Council (lecturer: LATTMANN)
   • Sudan
   • Libya