Program 8: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Traditionally, international crimes related to certain universally condemned practices, such s piracy. Advances in technology and communications, as well as increased transnational mobility, have led to the growth of new categories of crimes. The definition and codification of criminal offenses, the expansion of jurisdiction, as well as the creation of international criminal courts are key areas under consideration by the world community.

Bases of jurisdiction in international criminal law; Crimes under customary law; Humanitarian law; International criminal courts; Transnational crimes.

On-Camera Participants
(In order of appearance)

Professor Elizabeth F. Defeis
Seton Hall University School of Law
Narrator

Professor Malvina Halberstam
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Professor Ruth Wedgwood
Yale Law School

Captain Maura T. McGowan
U.S. Air Force

Professor John F. Murphy
Villanova University School of Law

Bruce Zagaris, Esq.
International Enforcement Law Reporter

Hans Corell
The Legal Counsel, United Nations