War

Uitgebreide vaknaam	War
Leerdoelen	Learning outcomes knowledge and insight:  Has broad understanding of ideas, concepts and theories related to war and warfare from various scientific disciplines such as history, philosophy, political science and sociology including an understanding of the causes of war, the dynamics of war, trends in war fare and crimes committed during a period of war.  Has broad understanding of concepts and theories related to human behaviour such as obedience, conformism and behaviour in exceptional and/or extreme circumstances such as prisons and is able to apply these theories in understanding human behaviour in a period war from various different disciplines such as psychology, sociology and criminology.  Has the knowledge and skills to combine the knowledge from various different disciplines and be able to come to an understanding of the true nature and causes of warfare  Has a broad understanding of the legal rules governing periods of war and how to deal with the past after a period of warfare such as those derived from international humanitarian law, human rights law and international criminal law. Learning outcomes skills and attitude:   Has the ability to collect, critically analyse and apply knowledge from various disciplines such as criminology, sociology, psychology, history, political science and the law to understand as well as critically reflect on the existing research and literature related to war  Has the ability to use and apply legal provisions from international humanitarian law, international criminal law and international human rights law to legal problems related to war.  Has the ability to write a critical assessment in the form of an essay and a paper on topics related to war, warfare and war crimes  Has the ability to engage in a discussion and debate with fellow students.  Has the ability to clearly present a paper to an audience via an oral presentation or a short filmed documentary
Omschrijving	n this course we will study war from a number of different angles. First of all we will focus on the question as to what war is and study the nature and prevalence of war and different types of warfare. We will look into the various areas of law (human rights law and humanitarian law) and how they regulate warfare. Next we will study war and the dynamics and mechanisms within wars resulting in international crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, sexual violence, torture, genocide as well as terrorism. In the course we will look into and study the nature and causes of these crimes. We will study the military and military training and will discuss and extreme type of training in which recruits are trained to become torturers. We will also look into the effects of all these types of crime for the victims. In the last part of the course we will study the means on how to fight these types of crimes and the role of the international community; its legal obligations to act and the often lacking political will to do so. We will furthermore study the various means and methods states have to deal with a period of war after the conflict. The lectures are interactive but in the seminars there is even more room for discussion. In the seminars we will focus mainly on the Islamic State and discuss the extent to which it poses a threat to international peace and security.
Uren per week	4
Onderwijsvorm	Lecture, Seminar, Study Group
Toetsvorm	Essay, Participation, Presentation, Written exam
Vaksoort	bachelor
Coördinator	prof. dr. A.L. Smeulers
Docent(en)	prof. dr. A.L. Smeulers
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs International crimes and other gross human rights violations: an inter- and multidisciplinary textbook, Antwerp: Martinus Nijhoff. Alette Smeulers & Fred Grünfeld (2011).
Entreevoorwaarden
Opmerkingen	The book is available as e-reader in the library and UCG has a limited number of copies available for sale for a reduced students rate: 80 Euro
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