Air and space terrorism, security and human rights 2200-1W101S
The following issues will be discussed during the course.
1) The genesis of the phenomenon of air terrorism. Attempts to define the concept of terrorism and air terrorism.
2) The most important sources of international aviation law and mechanisms of cooperation between states in the field of combating the phenomenon of air terrorism, with particular emphasis on the principle of aut dedere aut iudicare.
3) Proposals for amendments to the applicable provisions of international aviation criminal law and agreements adopted in this matter after 2010.
4) Application of international aviation criminal law and jurisprudence of international and domestic courts, emphasizing the "Lockerbie" case.
5) Implementation of international aviation criminal law into the domestic order of the Republic of Poland. Air terrorism in the jurisprudence of Polish courts
6) The influence of international aviation criminal law provisions on the development of other areas of international law.
7) Existing satellite techniques and their impact on the protection of human rights.
Type of course
optional courses
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
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Learning outcomes
As the result of the lecture, students
know the basic terms of international aviation criminal law,
explain the most critical mechanisms of this branch of law.
Students are able to indicate the most common methods of implementing this branch of law into national legal systems
indicate the most important directions of influence of this branch of law on the further development of international law.
he student knows and understands the relationship between international human rights law and space law.
Students are able to indicate which standards of international human rights law are applicable in the process of protecting human rights in connection with the use of satellite techniques.
Students are able to indicate before which human rights bodies the proceedings related to the use of satellite techniques can be conducted.
Students knows how to assess concrete factual circumstances and to which particular systems of human rights protection one should refer for and which legal means one should use.
Assessment criteria
The didactic process used during the lecture uses research instruments used in legal sciences. Due to the division of the course into two parts (part devoted to air terrorism and partly devoted to existing satellite technique), the credit of the course will be based on the arithmetic mean of the two grades obtained from the two tests carried out in the last class.
Bibliography
Z. Galicki Terroryzm lotniczy w świetle prawa międzynarodowego, Warszawa 1981.
K. Liedel Zwalczanie terroryzmu lotniczego – aspekty prawnomiędzynarodowe, Wydawnictwo JURYSTA, Warszawa 2003.
Tomasz R. Aleksandrowicz Terroryzm międzynarodowy, Editions 2017
Z. Kulińska-Kępa "Human rights (with particular regard to the right to privacy) and satellite navigation" (w:) K.Myszona-Kostrzewa "Legal and political aspects of the Use of European Satellite Navigation Systems Galileo and EGNOS" Warsaw 2018;
I Marboe, Human Rights Consideration for Space Activities, in: In Heaven as on Earth? The Interaction of Public International Law on the Legal Regulation of Outer Space, S. Hobe, S. Freeland (eds.), Cologne 2013, p. 135-149.
F. G.von der Dunk , Legal Aspect of Navigation. The Case for Privacy and Liability: An Introduction for Non-lawyers, Coordinates, May 2015, vol. 11, No. 5, p. 9.
A. Renenger, Satellite Tracking and the Right to Privacy, Hastings Law Journal 2001-2002, vol. 53
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