International crimes 2104-GPIR-D4INCR

Student:
Has a thorough knowledge of the sources and developments of the international legal regulations on the gravest international crimes: war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, their scope, causes and consequences as well as connections between international crimes and security.
Has specialised knowledge of national and international instruments and mechanisms for prevention and response to human rights atrocities.
Has a critical understanding of the humanitarian principles and standards and the problematic nature of the dilemmas involved.
Has demonstrated the ability to formulate adequate and ethically sound recommendations for humanitarian action
Has demonstrated the skills to identify, critically analyse, classify and assess cases of international crimes.
Has specialised skills to critically analyse and assess contemporary instruments and mechanisms for prevention and reaction.
Has shown to be able to work in a professional environment demanding competence in the area of prevention and reaction to international crimes
Has demonstrated to be sensitive towards cases of massive human rights abuses and aware of their consequences. In response applies clear ethical standards informed by the humanitarian principles, values and professional code of conduct.
Has developed an open attitude towards acquiring new knowledge and is ready to undertake further stages in education.

T+Project+Presentation

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- ICC statute
- The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- A. Bieńczyk-Missala, S. Dębski (ed.), Rafał Lemkin. A Hero of Humankind, Warsaw 2010.
- A. Bieńczyk-Missala, 2016, Early warning and prevention of atrocity crimes – the role of the United Nations (w:) Dorota Heidrich, Klaus Bachmann (eds): The Legacy of Crimes, Crises and Violence. Transitional Justice, Domestic Change and the Role for the International Community, Peter Lang Edition, s. 199-216.
- R. Lemkin, Genocide—A New Term And New Conception For Destruction Of Nations (Chapter IX), Axis Rule In Occupied Europe, NYC 1944.
- Holocaust Encyclopedia, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- R. Melson, Paradigms of Genocide: The Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and Contemporary Mass Destruction, ANNALS, AAPSS, 548, Nov. 1996.
- Mosaic of Victims, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- G.H. Stanton, 10 Stages of Genocide
- Human Rights Watch Report, The Rwandan Genocide: How It Was Prepared, April 2006.
- E. Staub, The Psychology of Bystanders, Perpetrators and Heroic Helpers, (in:) The Psychology of Good and Evil: Why children, adults and groups help and harm others, NY Cambridge 2003.
- J. Waller, The Ordinariness of Extraordinary Evil: the Making of Perpetrators of Genocide and Mass Killing.
- UN Framework of Analysis for the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes
-A. Bellamy, A Lupel, Why we fail: Obstacles to the Effective Prevention of Mass Atrocities, June 2015.
- S. Benesch's Dangerous Speech framework, luty 2003, http://dangerousspeech.org/guidelines
- S. Benesch, Countering Dangerous Speech: New Ideas for Genocide Prevention, “Working Paper”, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, seminar, 2014.
- Any International Criminal Law handbook e.g.• I. Bantekas, S. Nash, International criminal law.
• M. Ch. Bassiouni, International criminal law.
• K. Kittichaisaree, International criminal law.
• W. Schabas, An Introduction to International Criminal Court
• W. Schabas, Routledge Handbook of International Criminal Law

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