The aim of the course is to have student acquainted with the basic issues of international criminal procedure, such as questions of its purpose and objectives, principles and sources, and its subjects and rules of international criminal procedure. Also, the aim is to introduce students to the comparative legal solutions that have affected particular principles and institutes of international criminal procedure as well as to incorporated international and regional human rights standards. This also extends the students’ knowledge in the area of criminal procedure and international law, and develops the students’ ability of analytical and critical thinking.
International Criminal Procedure
International Criminal Procedure
Literatura
OBVEZNA LITERATURA
Safferling, Christoph; International Criminal Procedure; Oxford University Press (2012)
PREPORUČENA LITERATURA
Sluiter, Goran; Friman, Hakan; Linton, Suzannah; Zappala, Salvatore; Vasiliev, Sergey (eds.); International Criminal Procedure: Principles and Rules; Oxford University Press (2013)
Cryer, Robert; Friman, Hakan; Robinson, Darryl; Wilmshurst, Elisabeth; An introduction to international criminal law and procedure; Cambridge Univ. Press (2014)
Ishodi učenja
Interpret the principles and institutes of international criminal procedural law and describe the development of international criminal justice.
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DOPRINOSI OSTVARENJU ISHODA UČENJA NA RAZINI STUDIJSKOG PROGRAMA
4. Classify and interpret the normative framework relevant to a particular
branch of law.
5. Explain the institutes of substantive and procedural law. -
KOGNITIVNO PODRUČJE ZNANJA I RAZUMIJEVANJA
Understanding
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VJEŠTINE
Information management skills, learning ability, use of a foreign language
in professional communication, skills of clear and intelligible oral
expression. -
SADRŽAJ UČENJA
Teaching units:
1. Development of international criminal procedure;
2. Purpose and objectives of international criminal law and
procedure;
3. Jurisdiction of international criminal courts;
4. Sources of international criminal procedural law;
5. Subjects of international criminal proceedings; Court and Registry;
6. Prosecution, victims and witnesses in international criminal
proceedings;
7. Defendant and defense counsel in international criminal
proceedings;
8. Investigation and coercive measures before international criminal
courts;
9. Prosecution and trial before international criminal courts;
10. Evidence before international criminal courts;
11. Settlements before international criminal courts and contempt of
court;
12. Appeal and review before international criminal courts;
13. Cooperation of international criminal courts with states and
influence on national criminal proceedings;
14. Closure, residual functions and mechanisms of international
criminal courts. -
NASTAVNE METODE
Lectures, guided discussion, independent reading of literature.
Find and use sources of international criminal procedural law and apply and interpret provisions.
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DOPRINOSI OSTVARENJU ISHODA UČENJA NA RAZINI STUDIJSKOG PROGRAMA
6. Apply appropriate legal terminology (in Croatian and one foreign
language) in clear and reasoned oral and written expression.
7. Use information technology and legal databases (eg legislation, case
law, legal journals and other e-resources). -
KOGNITIVNO PODRUČJE ZNANJA I RAZUMIJEVANJA
Application
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VJEŠTINE
Information management skills, learning ability, use of a foreign language
in professional communication, research skills. -
SADRŽAJ UČENJA
Teaching units:
1. Development of international criminal procedure;
2. Jurisdiction of international criminal courts;
3. Sources of international criminal procedural law;
4. Subjects of international criminal proceedings; Court and Registry;
5. Prosecution, victims and witnesses in international criminal
proceedings;
6. Defendant and defense counsel in international criminal
proceedings;
7. Investigation and coercive measures before international criminal
courts;
8. Prosecution and trial before international criminal courts;
9. Evidence before international criminal courts;
10. Settlements before international criminal courts and contempt of
court;
11. Appeal and review before international criminal courts;
12. Cooperation of international criminal courts with states and
influence on national criminal proceedings;
13. Closure, residual functions and mechanisms of international
criminal courts. -
NASTAVNE METODE
Lectures, guided discussion, independent reading of literature.
Distinguish and categorize courts according to their characteristics and compare the procedural rules of international courts with each other and with the rules of national legal systems.
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DOPRINOSI OSTVARENJU ISHODA UČENJA NA RAZINI STUDIJSKOG PROGRAMA
9. Analyze various aspects of the legal system of the Republic of Croatia,
including a comparative perspective.
11. Analyze relevant case law. -
KOGNITIVNO PODRUČJE ZNANJA I RAZUMIJEVANJA
Analysis
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VJEŠTINE
Information management skills, problem-solving ability, critique and selfcriticism ability, learning ability, use of a foreign language in professional
communication. -
SADRŽAJ UČENJA
Lectures, guided discussion, problem solving, independent reading of
literature. -
NASTAVNE METODE
Teaching units:
1. Development of international criminal procedure;
2. Jurisdiction of international criminal courts;
3. Sources of international criminal procedural law;
4. Subjects of international criminal proceedings; Court and Registry;
5. Prosecution, victims and witnesses in international criminal
proceedings;
6. Defendant and defense counsel in international criminal
proceedings;
7. Investigation and coercive measures before international criminal
courts;
8. Prosecution and trial before international criminal courts;
9. Evidence before international criminal courts;
10. Settlements before international criminal courts and contempt of
court;
11. Appeal and review before international criminal courts;
12. Cooperation of international criminal courts with states and
influence on national criminal proceedings;
13. Closure, residual functions and mechanisms of international
criminal courts.
Assess the compliance of the rules of international criminal procedure law with international and regional standards for the protection of human rights in criminal proceedings.
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DOPRINOSI OSTVARENJU ISHODA UČENJA NA RAZINI STUDIJSKOG PROGRAMA
12. Evaluate legal institutes and principles in their development dimension
and in relation to the modern legal system.
14. Compare different judicial systems. -
KOGNITIVNO PODRUČJE ZNANJA I RAZUMIJEVANJA
Evaluation
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VJEŠTINE
Information management skills, problem-solving ability, critique and selfcriticism ability, learning ability, use of a foreign language in professional
communication. -
SADRŽAJ UČENJA
Teaching units:
1. Development of international criminal procedure;
2. Sources of international criminal procedural law;
3. Subjects of international criminal proceedings; Court and Registry;
4. Prosecution, victims and witnesses in international criminal
proceedings;
5. Defendant and defense counsel in international criminal
proceedings;
6. Investigation and coercive measures before international criminal
courts;
7. Prosecution and trial before international criminal courts;
8. Evidence before international criminal courts;
9. Settlements before international criminal courts and contempt of
court;
10. Appeal and review before international criminal courts;
11. Cooperation of international criminal courts with states and
influence on national criminal proceedings. -
NASTAVNE METODE
Lectures, guided discussion, student debate, independent reading of
literature.
Prepare and conduct research on a selected topic of international criminal procedural law and present the results of the research.
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DOPRINOSI OSTVARENJU ISHODA UČENJA NA RAZINI STUDIJSKOG PROGRAMA
13. Combine legal institutes and principles of the modern legal system.
18. Conduct empirical or legal and interdisciplinary research.
20. Independently plan and present or / and in a team create legal
projects or actions in legal proceedings. -
KOGNITIVNO PODRUČJE ZNANJA I RAZUMIJEVANJA
Creation/synthesis
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VJEŠTINE
Ability to manage information, ability to critique and self-criticize, ability
to create new ideas, research skills, use of foreign language in professional
communication, presentation and communication skills. -
SADRŽAJ UČENJA
Preparation and implementation of research on the selected topic and
presentation of results. -
NASTAVNE METODE
Making a practical task, demonstration of a practical task, student debate,
independent reading of literature.