Human Rights & Intl Tribunals (LAW-795-022)
Cancado Trindade
Meets: 04:30 PM - 06:20 PM (MTWTHF) - Room 503
Enrolled: 4 / Limit:
Notices
Meets 5/29 - 6/6/2012
Description
This course considers the role of international courts in developing human rights law, the sources and scope of their jurisdiction, and their fundamental impact in important issues, such as interpreting and developing international legal standards, fighting impunity and addressing the concerns of the international community. Students study the evolution and structure of international courts and Ad-Hoc tribunals, as well as the historic political context that gave rise to each international court and the procedures by which they were created and given jurisdiction. Likewise, the course aims to explore the constitutive statute of each tribunal, their procedures and the corresponding challenges, advantages and disadvantages that they create. On a substantive approach, students will further examine several international court’s decision to explore how those bodies discern and apply principles of substantive international human rights law, and, in particular, how they establish State’s international responsibility and reparations.
For more information, please see the Human Rights Academy Home page here.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
Not available at this time.