Handbook

This subject will provide students with an introduction to international crime and justice. The subject will be broken into three components: part 1 will introduce students to the history of international criminal justice and the more recent establishment of key international criminal justice organisations and actors (e.g., the ICC, the International Court of Justice and the United Nations), as well as international criminal justice responses to crimes against humanity (e.g., hybrid courts, transitional justice and civil society initiatives). In part two, students will learn about and reflect on the limitations of internationally binding and non-binding legal conventions and their relevance to and impact on Australian criminal justice. In part three, students will evaluate how international crime and justice mechanisms operate to protect human and non-human entities (e.g., animals, the environment and outer space).