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Law, War and Human Rights |
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Short courses |
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Annual |
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| Start date |
08/02/2016 |
| End date |
21/03/2016 |
| Objectives |
Humanitarian law, international criminal law and the law of human rights have many features in common. This course will make the links between these different strands of law and show how they work together and complement each other. It will also show where they are distinct and analyse why it is necessary to acknowledge that the three bodies of law are separate, despite the fact that the three strands work towards many of the same goals.
At the course's conclusion, participants will have a real grasp of how human rights law now informs all aspects of conflict and its aftermath, including terrorism and international crimes. A certificate of attendance from the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE will be awarded to all those who have successfully completed the course. |
| Area of expertise |
armed incidents or conflicts
international courts and tribunals
international humanitarian law
international law |
| Target group |
Civil servants
Journalists
Lawyers
NGO activists
Policy makers
University professors
University students |
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Course components
- Human rights and internal armed conflict
- Human rights and resort to force
- Human rights and international armed conflict
- The relationship between human rights law and laws of war in practice
- War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression
- Women, war and conflict
- Children and other vulnerable groups in war and conflict
- Terrorism, war and conflict |
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English |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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London |
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Teachers on the course are distinguished academic experts and leading barristers: Dapo Akande, Professor Christine Chinkin; Professor Andrew Clapham; Professor Conor Gearty; Dr Jenny Kuper; Tim Otty QC, Professor Gerry Simpson and Dr Guglielmo Verdirame. The course convener is Jonathan Cooper OBE, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and editor of the European Human Rights Law Review. |
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| Application procedure |
Apply online : https://eshop.lse.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=51&deptid=199&catid=29 |
| Admission requirements |
This course is relevant not only to those who need to be able to apply the international human rights law framework to the law of war in their work, but also to those who are interested in the added value of human rights, and in discussing and analysing all of these issues.
For those involved in developing government policy and practice, the course will be of great strategic value. Military lawyers will be able to use the course to update their knowledge. Equally the course will be highly beneficial for those who hold government to account, including journalists, campaigners, politicians and those acting for victims of conflict. Academics and students will find the course highly rewarding as will those with a general interest in war and conflict and how it is being regulated. |
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| Tuition/Accommodation |
The course fee is £1,320. |
| Homepage |
www2.lse.ac.uk/humanRights/teaching/lawWarHumanRights.aspx |
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