Module Information

Module Identifier

LAM4220

Module Title

International Humanitarian Law

Academic Year

2025/2026

Co-ordinator

Professor Ryszard Piotrowicz

Semester

Semester 2

Reading List

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Other Staff

Course Delivery

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT OF 6,000 WORDS	80%
Semester Assessment	ORAL PRESENTATION	20%
Supplementary Assessment	WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT OF 6,000 WORDS TO BE SUBMITTED, IF FAILED	80%
Supplementary Assessment	ORAL PRESENTATION TO BE DELIVERED, IF FAILED	20%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Display a knowledge and understanding of the underlying rationale and methodology of this area of law at the international level.
2. Display a knowledge and understanding of the primary sources of IHL and how it regulates the conduct of armed conflicts, as well as the protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
3. Critically evaluate and test the arguments relating to the need for international protection of human rights during armed conflicts, as well as the weaknesses in implementation and enforcement of the law.
4. Know how to gain access to the relevant literature and materials in this field and how to use them in critical discussion of the subject.
5. Present critical and well-informed argument relating to the protection of the principal victims of armed conflict, as well as the conduct of States and insurgent groups during armed conflict.

Brief description

This module will introduce students to the legal regime with regard to the protection of human rights during international and non-international armed conflicts. There are separate, but related, legal regimes for each. The course covers the two principal areas of IHL: the direct protection obligations owed by States and individuals towards combatants and victims of armed conflict; and the means and methods of warfare

Content

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7