International Criminal Law WP-SPM-1-MON-ICL
Following a brief introduction focusing on certain terminological and methodological issues (difference between international criminal law and criminal international law, between international and transnational crimes, between national and international repression mechanisms, between State and individual responsibility, etc.), the course will continue with a historical reconstruction.
Within this excursus, particular attention will be given to the similarities and differences between the experiences that marked the end of World War II (Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military Tribunals) and the tribunals established after the fall of the Berlin Wall, whether retroactive and ad hoc (such as the International Criminal Tribunals set up for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda), hybrid or internationally assisted (as in the case of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia).
Afterwards, the main attention will be paid to the International Criminal Court. Sources and principles applicable to this jurisdiction will be examined in the light of the most significant practice, with particular reference to competences: ratione materiae (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, aggressions); ratione temporis (categories of… methods of participation in criminal conduct); ratione temporis and loci (with particular reference to the activation mechanisms and area of application of relevant jurisdiction.
Finally, the course will consider the major criminal law issues, and historical-philosophical issues. To this end, will be examined the limits and opportunities expressed by the different experiences examined in a context that is characterised by reconciliatory needs, realised, at times, through forms of transitional justice.
I particular programme includes:
1. General principles of international criminal law:
- historic background;
- ad hoc international criminal tribunals;
- development of international criminal law.
2. Particular international crimes:
- genecide;
- crimes against humanity;
- war crimes;
- crime of aggression.
3. Modes of participation in international crimes.
4. Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility.
5. Procedural aspects:
- rigts of parties;
- rights of victims;
- sentencing;
- appeals;
- compensation.
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The teaching method, based on frontal lectures, will be characterised by the active participation of attending students; through the critical analysis of the sources of law and practices, they will be involved in guided discussions over relevant case law.
The most significant topics and issues from a criminal law perspective will be analysed, during the second part of the course, by Dr. Alain Maria Dell’Osso, who is holding a 20-hour module related to this course.
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The exam preparation for regularly attending students will be based on the lecture notes, supplemented by the manuals listed below, as well as by the regulatory, judicial and doctrinal material specified by the lecturer on the digital platform of the course (Blackboard).
For non-attending students, the following textbooks are useful for exam preparation:
R. AITALA, Diritto internazionale penale, Milan, 2021. The study of this book must be supplemented with three essays, respectively: G. DELLA MORTE, La potestà giurisdizionale della Corte penale internazionale: complementarità, condizioni di procedibilità, soggetti legittimati a richiedere l’esercizio dell’azione penale e ne bis in idem, in G. CARLIZZI-G. DELLA MORTE-S. LAURENTI-A. MARCHESI (a cura di), La Corte penale internazionale: problemi e prospettive, Napoli, 2003, pp. 1-60; G. DELLA MORTE, La conferenza di revisione dello Statuto della Corte penale internazionale ed il crimine di aggressione, in Rivista di diritto internazionale, n. 3, 2010, pp. 697-752; e G. DELLA MORTE, I mandati di arresto della Corte penale internazionale nei confronti del Presidente della Federazione russa e del Commissario per i diritti dei fanciulli, in Rivista di diritto internazionale, n. 3, 2023, pp. 725-746.
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