International Criminal Law

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This course will probe the concept of international criminal law and will then examine the law of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, aggression, torture, 'terrorism' offenses, and drug trafficking. Focus will be on the issue of jurisdiction over those offenses (and immunities to such jurisdiction), including the jurisdiction of domestic criminal courts, military tribunals (such as the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg after World War II, and the current military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) and international criminal courts (such as the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court).