The purpose of the course is to study principles of international law regarding the use of force in international society. The course covers both the legal rules regarding when it is permissible to use force and the law regarding the conduct of hostilities. Regarding the law on resort to force, the course will focus on the principle of prohibition of resort to force and the exceptions to that principle. Self-defence, humanitarian intervention,self-determination, the use of force with the authorization of the United Nations, the concepts of armed conflict and war, the protection of civilians, the enforcement of the laws of war are among the topics of the course.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Professor Hasan Köni
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Lecture, discussion, case study, projects and demonstration
Principle Sources
-Dieter Fleck, The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law, Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Ayşe Nur Tütüncü, İnsancıl Hukuka Giriş, Beta yay., 2. Baskı 2012.
Other Sources
-Noelle Quenivet, Shilan Shah-Davis, International Law and Armed Conflict, TMC Asser Press, 2010.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Historical development of international humanitarian law, definition of the term humanitarian law
Oral presentation, Project
2. Week
Scope of application of humanitarian law, armed conflicts, acts of war, area of war
Oral presentation, Project
3. Week
Combatants and non-combatants
Oral presentation, Project
4. Week
Methods and means of combat
Oral presentation, Project
5. Week
Military objectives, protection of civilian objects, protection of works and installations containing dangerous forces
Oral presentation, Project
6. Week
Protection of the civil population
Oral presentation, Project
7. Week
Rights and duties of the occupying power
Oral presentation, Project
8. Week
Protection of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked
Oral presentation, Project
9. Week
Protection of prisoners of war
Oral presentation, Project
10. Week
Religious personnel
Oral presentation, Project
11. Week
Protection of cultural property
Oral presentation, Project
12. Week
The law of armed conflict at sea
Oral presentation, Project
13. Week
The law of neutrality
Oral presentation, Project
14. Week
Enforcement of international humanitarian law
Oral presentation, Project
15. Week
Final Exams Week
16. Week
Final Exams Week
17. Week
Final Exams Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources;
PO-2
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-3
Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements;
PO-4
Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written;
PO-5
Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language;
PO-6
Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility;
PO-7
Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems;
PO-8
Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case;
PO-9
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-10
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-11
Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law;
PO-12
Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing;
PO-13
Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions;
PO-14
Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process;
PO-15
Have knowledge on European Union Acquis Communautaire and operation of its institutions;
PO-16
Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity;
PO-17
Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems;
PO-18
Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches;
PO-19
Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale;
PO-20
Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms;
PO-21
Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process;
PO-22
Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group;
PO-23
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-24
Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals;
PO-25
Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits;
PO-26
Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up;
PO-27
Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To criticize the rules of international law regarding armed conflicts
LO-2
To analize the enforcement of international humanitarian law
LO-3
To make inferences about the scope and development of international humanitarian law
LO-4
To develope an understanding of the basic rules and principles of international humanitarian law and to have the ability to make assessments
LO-5
To discuss when it is permissible to use force in international law.
