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Bilingual Summer School on International Criminal Law 2010

The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies is proud to announce its eighth Summer School on International Criminal Law, to be held in The Hague from the 21st of June to the 2nd of July 2010.

In light of its location and the quality of its contributors and participants, this School offers a unique opportunity to gain expertise International Criminal Law.

- Interactive Lectures – every year, specialised and interactive lectures and seminars are given by leading professionals from the ICC and the ICTY as well as influential and well-known scholars (the past years, the School invited, among others, Professors Eric David, William Schabas et Cherif Bassiouni, as well as Judges Bruno Simma, Sang-Hyun Song and Navanethem Pillay).

- Direct access to international institutions – known as “the City of Peace and Justice”, The Hague is the host city of several international institutions with a key-role in the development of international (criminal) law (visits will be organized to the ICJ, the ICC and the ICTY).

- Diversity – the Summer School welcomes participants from all over the world. One of the main purposes of the School is to bring together members of English and French speaking communities to engage in interactive discussions on the prospects and challenges of international criminal justice.

Main themes

1-International courts and tribunals;

2-Substantive international criminal law: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression;

3-General principles: modes of liability, the role of victims, the rights of the accused;

4-Enforcement: jurisdiction and complementarity.

Special features

The programme links theory to practice by including exercise sessions on cross-examination techniques and a Moot Court, as well as visits of the main international institutions in The Hague: the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Peace Palace.

Since 2008, the Summer School is bilingual. The lectures will be given in English or French. Simultaneous translation will be provided throughout the Summer School.

Social Programme

Besides the visits to the courts and tribunals the programme also includes a guided city walk in The Hague, a visit to the Royal Mauritshuis museum, a welcome dinner and a party at the beach.

Registration

(Nearly) graduated law students and young professionals with an obvious interest in international criminal law can register by filling out the registration form. Tuition fees are €1200 for students and €1500,- for professionals. The fee includes course materials, coffee, tea and refreshments, lunches, the visit of the Mauritshuis museum, the visits to the Courts and tribunals, a dinner and a party.

Housing costs are not included in the fee.

The registration form in Word can be downloaded from the bottom of this page. Please fill out the form and return it to grotiuscentre@campusdenhaag.nl.

Application deadline

Application forms need to be received by April 30, 2010.

Payment

If you are admitted to the course, you are requested to pay your registration fee online through Paylogic. Your place will only be guaranteed once your payment has been received.

Directly to Paylogic.

Housing

A limited number of (shared) double rooms are available at the Skotel. If you wish to book accommodation at the Skotel, please indicate this on the registration form. If you are admitted to the programme, and a (shared) room at the Skotel has been allocated to you, you are requested to pay the accommodation fee through Paylogic.

We are working on arranging addittional housing options. We will add these options to the website once they are definite.

NFP grants

Please note that registration for Summer School applicants who wish to apply for an NFP fellowship is now closed!

A limited amount of Nuffic NFP fellowships are available for this course. The academic application deadline for summer school candidates who wish to apply for this fellowship is January 1st, 2010.

Please note that candidates should NOT send their fellowship application forms directly to Nuffic or to the Dutch provider, but should forward them to the Netherlands embassy or consulate in their own country.
However, you are requested to indicate on our Summer School registration form whether you apply for an NFP grant.

Please check the Nuffic website for furter details on the application procedure.

Some comments from participants in previous sessions:

"It was a good experience to deepen my knowledge on this field! The high-quality lecturers, the variety of activities and the international background of the participants contributed to immediately understanding international criminal law in all its aspects." 2009 session participant

"It was a great way to meet other academics and practitioners in criminal law; the course was well-organized with interesting lectures and interactive activities; not only focused on theory but also on practice" 2009 participant

"The cross examination practice and the moot court were really nice; the visits to the tribunals really added to the program" 2009 participant

“The Summer School strengthened my practical experience by introducing the theory part of the international criminal justice which I lacked.” 2008 session participant.

“A fantastic course! It gave me some ideas in drafting new laws in my country, as well as implementing our law of human rights”. 2007 session participant.

An impression

For photos of the bilingual Summer School 2009 please click here

Please check last year's programme here.


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