On 12 August 1999, on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Convention (12 August 1949), the Secretary-General of the United Nations, together with other leading international figures, made a formal call for all peoples, nations and governments to reject the idea that war is inevitable and to combat its roots unrelentingly (the prophylactic struggle against the causes of war), in order to demand that all parties in armed conflict respect the fundamental principles of humanity and international law so as to protect civilians from the horrors of war (nowadays, ninety percent of war victims are civilians, often used as a military target by the warring factions) and to promote relations between individuals, peoples and nations based on respect for human dignity, compassion and solidarity.
The academic programme of the Master's in IHL and international criminal justice is split into two postgraduates, each covering its own specialist subject matter. The first postgraduate course studies the system of protection established by IHL to protect the victims of armed conflict, firstly by categorising these and looking at their specific protection (first specialist course) and, secondly, through the legal regulation of the direction of hostilities and elements involved in war: Warring subjects. Weapons, methods and military objectives (second specialist course). The second course focuses on the mechanisms set up by IHL to implement both conventional and customary laws compulsory for all states. The evolution and principles of international criminal justice and the repression of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law both internally and internationally are covered in the first specialist course, while the second deals with the general, criminal, organic and procedural aspects of the International Criminal Court.
The aim is to provide students with a solid background in international humanitarian law and international criminal justice that will enable them to use these new elements of judgement and reflection to improve the quality of the professional activities related to the topic, both for performance of their tasks internally and in the framework of missions and assignments for foreign projection and international cooperation.
List of topics
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General scope of protection
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| 3. |
Special protection for the most vulnerable |
| 4. |
Protection of individuals in non-international armed conflict and in situations of internal violence |
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Warring factions and hostile actions |
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Conventional weapons and protection of the environment |
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Weapons of mass destruction |
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Evolution and principles of international criminal justice |
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Ad-hoc international criminal courts |
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Protection in the internal criminal system |
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General aspects of the Rome Statute |
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Organic and procedural aspects |
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Price
3.390 euros
Consult the financial aid that the UOC offers to international students.
The programme fees should be confirmed on enrolment.
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