| Teaching Staff
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Öğr. Gör. Serdar Ünver |
| Language of Instruction |
İngilizce (English) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
- |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
The main objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the international
humanitarian law and its enforcement. |
| Course Content |
Humanitarian law comprises the rules for restricting the violence and protecting who are not directly involved in armed conflicts. Main sources of humanitarian law are the four Geneva Conventions and the three Additional Protocols This course will examine both basic concepts of international humanitarian law and means of its enforcement. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
1. Gaining a general knowledge about the scope and potential of international humanitarian law.
2. Being aware of the potential of humanitarian law in maintaining peace and protection of rights.
3. Gaining the ability to make critical analysis of contemporary issues which require the application of
humanitarian law.
4.To learn Genava Convention and its additional protocols
5. To learn historical background of humanitarian law |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Definition and historical development of humanitarian law; difference between human
rights law and humanitarian law.
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| 2. Week |
Scope of humanitarian law.
Contemporary legal basis of humanitarian law. |
| 3. Week |
Relationship between jus ad bellum and jus in bello.
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| 4. Week |
Conduct of hostilities: the law of armed conflict.
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| 5. Week |
Statuses in armed conflicts
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| 6. Week |
Protection of wounded and sick.
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| 7. Week |
Law of occupation and protection of civilians. |
| 8. Week |
Midterm exam
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| 9. Week |
Implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law.
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| 10. Week |
Roles of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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| 11. Week |
Accountability based on international criminal law.
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| 12. Week |
The International Criminal Court and other international tribunals.
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| 13. Week |
The role of the United Nations in humanitarian law. |
| 14. Week |
Final exam |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
70 |
| Quizes (%) |
30 |
| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
70 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
International humanitarian law; Emily Crawford and Alison Pert, Cambridge University Press, 2015
Internatıonal Humanıtarıan Law, A Comprehensıve Introductıon; Nils Melzer, ICRC, 2016
International Humanitarian Law Answers to your questions; ICRC, 2015
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| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| PY1 | PY2 | PY3 | PY4 | PY5 | PY6 | PY7 | PY8 | PY9 | PY10 | PY11 | PY12 | PY13 | ÖÇ1 | | 4 | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | ÖÇ2 | 4 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | ÖÇ3 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | | | | 4 | | ÖÇ4 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | | | 4 | | | ÖÇ5 | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | |
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