DESCRIPTION
The course introduces students to the main issues of international criminal law stricto sensu and the European Criminal Law.
CONTENTS
1. Rules and principles concerning the borders of the domestic criminal jurisdiction
Legal nature of the international criminal law rules stricto sensu-General and specific rules on the extent of criminal jurisdiction-Domestic and foreign legal interests-Acts of State in the criminal law field and procedural coercion-The limits of criminal jurisdiction-The principles of international criminal law and their implementation in the Greek legal order (territoriality principle - flag principle-active personality principle-passive personality principle-protective principle and the principle of universal jurisdiction). Application of foreign criminal, private and administrative law. The place of perpetration.
2. European Criminal Law. Main characteristics and Special issues
Criminal law doctrine in Europe after the Lisbon Treaty- The „principle“ of mutual recognition -The ECHR and CJEU jurisprudence on the distinction between criminal and non-criminal offences- European Convention on Human Rights and domestic substantive criminal law- European Arrest Warrant and collaboration in Criminal matters.
3. Special Issues of the Law of International Offenses
Relativisation of the legality principle by International Criminal Courts and Tribunals-The complementarity principle -Exercise of international criminal jurisdiction proprio motu - Μale captus bene judicatus and decline of state sovereignty. Participation, actus reus, mens rea and culpability in international criminal law.
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge of substantive and procedural criminal law and of the basic concepts of public international and European criminal law.
TEACHING METHOD
The course will contain lectures and workshop format. Participants are expected to write a paper and make a presentation based on the paper.
LECTURERS
Professor Christos Mylonopoulos, Assistant Professor Georgios Triantafyllou
ASSESSMENT AND TESTING
Written exam, closed book, short essay questions - 2 hours (60%)
One short paper (40%)