Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Although, at first glance, war and law may be viewed as distinct or even contradictory phenomena, on a closer look it appears that many fields of international law contribute to governing situations of armed conflict. This course aims to map out these fields, and to give students an overview of the main principles under each of them. Of particular interest will be the key mechanisms of the prohibition of the use of force (jus ad bellum), of international humanitarian law (jus in bello), of international human rights law, of international refugee law, of the law of international responsibility, and of international criminal law.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Upon completion of this course, students should be familiar with the role of the law (and, in particular, of international law) before, during, and after an armed conflict.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
If the pandemic so allows, lectures will be the basis of this course (although active student participation will be encouraged). Each lecture will come with a Powerpoint presentation. Furthermore, e-learning material will be made available to help students fully understand the course (this material may take the form of online quizzes for students to assess their own command of the several topics).
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Until further notice, all course sessions will be held online on Collaborate.
Recommended or required readings
A reader with key pieces of doctrinal literature will be made available. Students will be strongly encouraged to read the relevant portions of the reader in advance. This is to help them be familiar with the topic and relevant English terminology before each class.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
The evaluation method will be as follows:
- A very short essay will be requested during the course of the semester. This short paper (1,000 words maximum) will determine 20 % of the final mark.
- An oral examination will normally (see below) determine the remaining 80 % of the mark. The oral exam will be either in person or online, depending on the evolution of the pandemic in May/June. Students will be informed in due course what treaty provisions and other materials they are allowed to use for the exam.
- On April 28, 2021, a multiple-choice quiz will be organized on an optional basis (on campus or online, depending on the evolution of the pandemic). Students whose participation in this recap quiz is graded 14/20 or more will be offered the possibility to have their final grade for the course determined based on their paper only (i.e. 100 % of their final grade will, if they wish so, be determined based on the paper result). The oral exam therefore becomes optional for those students: if they are not satisfied with their paper result, they may still take the oral exam. In that case, the initial grading distribution will be applied: 20 % of the final mark will be determined by the paper and the oral exam will determine the remaining 80 % (however, the initial paper result will, still in that specific case, be kept as a standard minimum).
- No recap quiz will be organized during the August/September session and the standard regime will automatically apply at that time: 20 % of the final mark will be determined by a paper and an oral exam will determine the remaining 80 %. Regarding the paper, students participating in the August/September session will have the opportunity either to keep their initial grade (paper submitted in April) or to rewrite a new paper. New topics will be announced in July and the deadline for submission (if applicable) will be August 31, 2021.
This method will be applicable whether the health context is described as 'yellow' or 'orange' (under the criteria established at ULiège) at the time of assessment.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Christophe DEPREZ (christophe.deprez@uliege.be)