About this Course
“Worldwide Humanitarian Legislation in Idea and Apply” is the primary MOOC of the Kalshoven-Gieskes Discussion board on Worldwide Humanitarian Legislation, which is the platform throughout the Grotius Centre for Worldwide Authorized Research of Leiden College for the analysis, educating and dissemination of worldwide humanitarian legislation (IHL).
SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN
- Worldwide Humanitarian Legislation
- Worldwide Legislation
- Legislation
Syllabus – What you’ll be taught from this course
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Welcome to this course!
It’s nice that you’re becoming a member of us! On this course you’ll get a deep perception into the legislation that governs armed battle. Earlier than you begin with “Worldwide Humanitarian Legislation in Idea and Apply”, we invite you to first have a look across the course content material. As you’ll discover, this MOOC begins with an introduction module so as to enable you examine efficiently in a web-based surroundings, and to familiarize you with worldwide humanitarian legislation. When you encounter any difficulties whereas learning, please tell us within the discussion board. For technical difficulties or questions relating to the course certificates, you’ll be able to at all times contact the Coursera Learner Helpdesk. We really hope that you’ll get pleasure from this course. Good luck!
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Introduction to Worldwide Humanitarian Legislation
Within the first week, we are going to introduce you to the fundamental ideas of IHL, its historical past and place within the worldwide authorized order. We’ll focus on two completely different areas of IHL, “Hague legislation” and “Geneva legislation” respectively, and its principal authorized devices. On the finish, we are going to take a look at armed battle and the safety of battle victims from a human rights legislation perspective, in a fascinating dialogue with Prof. Helen Duffy.
3 hours to finish
Battle classification
On this second week, we are going to examine the scope of utility of IHL. IHL regulates armed battle, and subsequently we are going to begin by exploring the 2 several types of armed conflicts: worldwide and non-international armed conflicts (IACs and NIACs). We can even take a look at the completely different guidelines that apply to every sort of battle. On this module, we are going to moreover uncover particular conditions of battle, like belligerent occupation, overseas intervention and NIAC-spill over, which might affect the character of a battle. On the finish of this week we are going to contact upon conditions under the armed battle threshold, and Prof. Robin Geiss will inform us all in regards to the so-called “world battle on terror”.
4 hours to finish
Conduct of hostilities
On this week, we are going to look via the eyes of combatants and different fighters, and find out how navy operations needs to be carried out. We’ll familiarize ourselves with crucial rules that should be utilized on the battlefield together with these of distinction, proportionality, precautions and the prohibition of pointless struggling. We’ll uncover that civilians who chorus from hostilities ought to by no means be focused. On the finish of this module we are going to see that IHL additionally units limits to the weapons that can be utilized by combatants, and Prof. Michael Schmitt will share his viewpoint on whether or not armed drones and different trendy applied sciences like cyber warfare are lawful below IHL.
5 hours to finish
Safety of individuals
On this module we are going to look via the eyes of sick and wounded troopers, detainees, enemy civilians and susceptible individuals in battle, together with youngsters and girls. We’ll uncover how IHL safeguards individuals who usually are not – or not anymore – preventing. Collectively, we are going to discover out that every individual needs to be handled humanely; that detainees ought to obtain water and meals; and that younger youngsters ought to by no means be recruited by the navy. On the finish of this module, Vincent Bernard from the ICRC will focus on with us the largest challenges to guard individuals who chorus from preventing, and can give us an perception into numerous IHL success tales throughout the globe.
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