Module Name |
Module Code |
Lecture Hrs |
Practical Hrs |
Credits |
| International Humanitarian Law |
LAWS3217(5) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
| Description |
| Introduction to International Humanitarian Law : Historical background, Sources: Treaties, Customary Law, main principles of IHL, national implementation of IHL; Protection of civilians: Women and war, Children and war, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, the UN Guiding Principles on Internal displacement, Convention related to the status of refugees, Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa, Missing Persons, Basic Principles and rules governing the choice of weapons, means and methods of Warfare; Convention on the Prohibition of bacteriological weapons and their destruction; Prisoners of war and their treatment, unlawful combatants; international armed conflicts and non-international armed conflicts, Protected persons and their properties, Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of armed conflict and its protocols, Conduct of hostilities; International criminal jurisdiction: State Responsibility, Understanding the International Criminal Code: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, its powers and functions, Tribunal for Rwanda, Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, War crimes, Torture, impunity, Relevant caselaw; Role and basic principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. |
| Faculty |
Department |
| FACULTY OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT |
Department of Law |
| Contact Details |
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu |
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