War Crimes Investigations and Prosecution
SLN #:Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section:
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s):
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Course Description:
This first half of this course will address the substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law as a prerequisite to building a war crimes prosecution. Substantive-law topics include genocide, the crime of aggression, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Procedural topics include the law of evidence, mutual legal assistance, and the jurisdiction and structure of the international criminal tribunals. The second half of this course will survey requisite skills in the building of a prosecution case with particular attention to contemporary methods and practical skills. These include Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), witness interviews, documentation archives and modern methods of evidentiary analysis such as relational databases as used by international prosecutors. The course will finish with a discussion of artificial intelligence and its impact on the investigation and prosecution of international crimes.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Paper Or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person
* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.