Description
The Siracusa International Institute’s 22nd Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists ‘M. Cherif Bassiouni’ on “75 Years: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Genocide Convention” was held in Siracusa and online from June 12 until June 17, 2023. The course was sponsored by the Irish Centre for Human Rights of the University of Galway, the Middlesex University Department of Law (UK) and the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP).The Specialization Course was attended by 57 participants all over the world (23 of which online), from Canada to Mauritius, from Costa Rica to South Africa. These individuals were recent law graduates, practitioners, academics or students, currently pursuing higher education or careers in the fields of international criminal law and international relations. Twenty-eight different countries, as well as seventeen different Universities, were represented among the participants involved in the course. The Specialization Course was taught and attended by twelve distinguished faculty members.
At the end of the Specialization Course, all the participants attended 12 daily sessions spread over six days, for a total of 32 contact hours. The daily sessions consisted of keynote lectures, panel discussions and small-group exercises, which aimed to stimulate interaction among participants. The lectures involved the following topics:
• Human rights, genocide and the protection of groups
• New crimes, new treaties, new phenomena
• Decolonising the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Cinema and International Justice: The Nuremberg Trial
• Investigating International Crimes
• Assessing the Genocide Convention
• The International Criminal Court: Contributions and Challenges
• Reforming the Institutions
• The Future of International Justice
Once the course was completed, participants took an online examination to receive the Diploma of the Siracusa International Institute. Successful participants are among the Institute’s graduates; the best examination result, and the two runners-up were also awarded a prize.
| Period | 12 Jun 2023 → 17 Jun 2023 |
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| Event type | Course |
| Location | Siracusa, ItalyShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |