Summer Law Program on International Criminal Law and International Legal & Comparative Approaches to Counter-Terrorism

Looking for the opportunity to study some of the most important legal issues today in the heart of the international justice community?

Join the 10th Annual Summer Law Program on International Criminal Law and International Legal & Comparative Approaches to Counter-Terrorism in The Hague, the city of Peace and Justice, and centre of legal knowledge for several centuries! This Summer Programme will take place from 30 May - 22 June 2016.

The programme is the product of a unique collaboration between the War Crimes Research Office of American University’s Washington College of Law and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut. Students from top US law schools will travel to The Hague to follow this quality programme and visit courts & tribunals. An additional 10 places are available, providing interested students a unique opportunity to connect, network & study together with law students from the US.

International Criminal Law
This part of the Summer Law Program will provide an overview of the fundamental features of international criminal law and how these crimes are adjudicated before the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ad-hoc tribunals or before national courts.

International Legal and Comparative Approaches to Counter-Terrorism
This part of the Summer Law Program will examine which preventive and repressive measures are being adopted to counter terrorism and violent extremism in light of the recent attacks.

>>Download the preliminary programme.

More detailed information about the Summer Programme can be found here.  

Fee: € 1400

Please read the Registration Information & Conditions carefully before registration.