Course 2021-2022 a.y.

• International Human Rights Law and National Criminal Law: Patterns of Interaction.
• The Role of Some Key Human Rights in the Criminal Law: Right to Life, Prohibition of Torture and Degrading/Inhuman Treatments, Nullum crimen, Right to Privacy, Freedom of Expression, Ne bis in idem.
• The Harmonization of National Criminal Laws through International Conventions and EU Instruments: Patterns of Interaction.

• Understand the fundamental patterns of the influence of international and EU law on domestic criminal law.

• Analyze cases and legal questions that arise from the interaction between international/EU law and domestic criminal law.

• Face-to-face lectures
• Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
• Group assignments

As to case studies, students are invited to read some materials uploaded each week in the Bboard platform and think about a number of legal questions before the lesson. During classes, each topic is introduced by the teacher and then discussed with students in class, on the basis of materials uploaded in the previous week. With respect to group assignments, each student who attend the lessons is expected to join a group of 4-5 people and work on an assigned topic, which shall be the object of: a) an oral presentation of 15-20 min. and b) a written essay (5.000-10.000 words): the oral presentation of each group is discussed with the whole class, while the written essay is due 3 days after each oral presentation.

Students who have attended the course will be assessed on a three-step basis:

1. individual written answers during lesson weeks: up to 3 ‘bonus’ points to round up their final grade
2. group performance in the assignment, on the basis of both the oral presentation, the following discussion and the written essay (same grade for all group members): up to 12 points
3. individual performance in a written exam, with two mandatory open questions on legal topics (1 hour time, no space limits): up to 18 points

The final grade will derive from the sum of these three partial marks. Decimals will be rounded up to the higher whole number.

Students who will not attend the course are assessed on the basis of a written exam (1 hour time, no space limit) with 2 open questions (mandatory) plus an oral exam (10-15 minutes) with 2 open questions about the contents of the following textbook:

H. Satzger, International and European Criminal Law, Beck - Hart - Nomos, 2nd ed. 2018, §§ 1-7, § 8 n. IV, §§ 9-14

Students are required not only to demonstrate their knowledge of the notions contained in the textbook, but also the ability to elaborate them as tools to solve simple legal questions or hypotheticals.

Students who attend the course are provided with all the relevant materials (including slides used during classes) for discussions, group assignments and written exam via the Bboard platform. For further reading (non-mandatory):

• H. SATZGER, International and European Criminal Law, Oxford, Beck/Hart, 2nd ed. 2018, §§ 1, 5-7, 8 IV, 9.

H. SATZGER, International and European Criminal Law, Oxford, Beck/Hart, 2nd ed. 2018, §§ 1-7, § 8 IV, §§ 9-14.