On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Evaluate fundamental principles of international criminal law, including an understanding of the issues involved in the regulation of international crimes;
2. Critically analyse and evaluate the principal institutions of the international criminal legal system;
3. Analyse and evaluate the major differences between international and national law in dealing with acts that constitute international crimes;
4. Assess the major challenges to, weaknesses and effectiveness of, the international criminal law and the international criminal legal system;
5. Apply principles of international criminal law and justice to contemporary issues by problem solving.

- evolution and structure of international criminal Law and legal system
- sources of international criminal Law and justice
- fundamental principles of international criminal Law and justice
- Substantive Crimes
- establishment of international criminal tribunals
- International Tribunals: the Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials, the United Nations ad hoc Tribunals (Former Yugoslavia/Rwanda), other International(ised) Tribunals
- The international criminal court, Jurisdiction and procedural Issues
- international v national Jurisdiction
- Immunity from Jurisdiction
- Punishment under international criminal Law and The function and role of Truth Commissions