International Criminal Law and Human Rights

Schedule

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon
3744, Jean-Brillant street
Room: DRI

Speaker

Elise Groulx is Lawyer, Legal Advisor on International Criminal Law, President of the International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association and Honorary President of the International Criminal Bar.

Mandatory readings

 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
 Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
 International Criminal Court Rome Status, art. 5-8, 21 (3), 22-24, 55, 66-68, 77-78
 KOERING JOULIN, Renée, « Droits fondamentaux et droit pénal international »

Suggested readings

 GROULX, Elise, « ‘’ Equality of Arms ‘’: Challenges Confronting the Legal Profession in the Emerging Internation Criminal Justice System », (2010) Revue québécoise de droit international 21-38 (Hors-série)
 LAFONTAINE, Fanny et ELASSAL, Édith-Farah, « Vers un développement durable de la justice pénale internationale », Le Devoir, 2 novembre 2009, p. A-11

Websites

 International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association: http://www.aiad-icdaa.org/
 International Criminal Court: http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC?la...
 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: http://www.icty.org/language/en
 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: http://www.unictr.org