| CODE | PBL5045 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Criminal Justice, International Criminal Law and Human Rights | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Law | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will consider three aspects of criminal justice. One aspect will focus on International Criminal Law and Human Rights and will analyse the recognition and application of human rights in the prosecution of international crimes, the redress of human rights violations committed by international crimes, and international organised crime. The second aspect will consider individual human rights within national criminal justice systems including an analysis of the right to liberty and security and the right to a fair trial. This aspect will also focus on the rights of prisoners. The third aspect will consider procedures in national criminal law which implement human rights. Study-Unit Aims: To analyse the protection, interpretation and application of human rights within national criminal justice systems as well as in International Criminal Law. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse the protection, interpretation and application of individual human rights within national criminal justice systems; - Analyse treaties of International Criminal Law and understand their remit of application; - Identify and analyse relevant caselaw and consider the principles developed by courts and tribunals in this field. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Provide a written analysis of the different application of individual human rights within criminal justice systems. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Emmerson, B., 2012, Human rights and Criminal Justice, Sweet & Maxwell. Supplementary Readings - Starmer, K., 2001, Criminal Justice, police powers and human rights, Blackstone’s Human Rights Series. - Bassiouni, M., 1994, The protection of human rights in the administration of criminal justice: a compendium of United Nations norms and standards, Transnational Publishers. - Zeegers, K., 2016, International Criminal Tribunals and Human Rights Law: Adherence and Contextualisation, Springer Publishers Asser Press. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Therese Comodini Cachia Omar Grech |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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