The Course addresses the international Judicial Courts' response to cases of Violation to human rights and international humanitarian Law. Such violations are described as international crimes. The course also addresses the present response of the international community to the committed heinous crimes. Hence the course examines the following issues:-
1) The reaction of the international community to international crimes.
2) The fundamental principles of International criminal law which include its definitions characteristics, sources, and its historical evolution.
3) International Crimes, especially war crimes, crimes against humanity, and Genocide crimes.
4) The fundamental principles of International criminal liability .
5) Impediments dilemmas in invoking International criminal liability.
6) Procedures before international criminal courts.
7) The Statute of the ICC, and the statute of Rome.
8) Temporary International criminal courts.
9) Jordan's stance from international criminal law.