Transitional Justice

Study:	Civil Law - 9. semester Commercial Law - 9. semester Constitutional-Administrative - 9. semester Criminal Law - 9. semester International Law - 9. semester The European Union Law - 9. semester
Code:	171407
ECTS:	4.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Ksenija Turković izv. prof. dr. sc. Sunčana Roksandić izv. prof. dr. sc. Marin Bonačić
Lecturers:	prof. dr. sc. Maja Munivrana - Lectures
Exam dates:	09. 09. 2024. Exam registration: Studomat

Literature:
Roksandić Vidlička Sunčana; Prosecuting Serious Economic Crimes as International Crimes; DunckerHumblot Berlin (2018), str. selected chapters Teitel Ruti; Globalizing Transitional Justice; Oxford University Press (2016), str. selected chapters

Description:

The objective of this Course is to introduce students to transitional justice and state capacity building. The notion of transitional justice comprises the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society's attempt to come to term with a legacy of large-scale human rights abuses in order to ensure accountability and serve justice, including accountability redress mechanisms. TJ measures include establishment of special courts (like ECtHR after WW2), criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, reparation programmes and various kinds of institutional reforms that will be addressed throughout the Course. Special attention will be given to corruption and state capture.

The economic, social and legal problems confronting societies in transition and after conflicts have attracted great attention in recent decades, especially since the unification of Germany, collapse of communistic states, war in former Yugoslavia, formation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Arab spring etc. This course will give insight into transitional justice concepts also concerned with plundering of natural resources, environmental and corruption crimes. Therefore, the Course will provide the holistic approach to transitional justice. Holistic approach includes addressing all human rights violations in transitional and post conflict societies. After the Course, students will be able to think, analyze and write critically about the transitional justice mechanism in general and to be able to work in international organisations and firms dealing with countries that are young democracies and or in conflict. In depth knowledge will be acquired in addressing economic violence in international criminal and transitional justice discourse (e.g. UN and EU business and human rights agenda).

Cognitive Skills:

After the Course, students should be able to think and analyze critically the transitional justice mechanism concerning economic violence, including social and corporate accountability practices when dealing with transnational business in post-conflict and transitional societies. Moreover, by the close of the Course, students should be After the Course, students should be able to think and analyze critically the transitional justice mechanism and capacity state building, including social and corporate accountability practices when dealing with transnational business in post-conflict and transitional societies. Moreover, by the close of the Course, students should be able to identify and evaluate the fundamental and contemporary questions in the field after exploring several cases in which TJ processes have been initiated as an answer to past atrocities and serious violations of human rights, Student will gain knowledge on transitional justice and international criminal justice mechanism. With that, students will be able to work in international enviroment, either law firms or international organizations, including think-thanks and NGO.

Practical and Generic Skills:

The students will be able to apply acquired knowledge in the globalized communities, including MNC (multinational companies), NGOs, UN agencies, ICC; ad-hoc tribunals, operating in, or addressing transitional/post-conflict societies.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Understand the complexity of the transitional and post-conflict societies and massive human rights abuses and efforts to address human rights abuses through appropriate TJ mechanisms (criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, reparation programmes and various kinds of institutional reforms)

- Critically analyze the goals of transitional and international criminal justice and post-conflict state building that are addressing (or fail to address) plundering of natural resources, environmental crimes, business and human rights. Engage with normative and empirical debates in contemporary transitional and international criminal justice issues (e.g. Transnational Business and Human Rights in transitional societies (case studies); identify and evaluate the fundamental and contemporary questions in the TJ discourse concerning economic violence (policy debates)

-Think and analyze critically the transitional justice mechanism, including social and corporate accountability practices

- Understand TJ policies created to address past massive human right abuses in transitional and post-conflict societies in different regions (e.g. Eastern Europe, Balkan, Africa, Asia, Middle East)

There will be caste-study take home exam (24 hours).

Consultations schedule:

izv. prof. dr. sc. Sunčana Roksandić:
Thursday at 9 a.m. Due to extraordinary cirumstances, available online: suncana.roksandic@pravo.hr
Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room Ćirilometodska 4, soba 54
izv. prof. dr. sc. Marin Bonačić:
Due to sabbatical, in academic year 2023/24 consultations will not be held.
Location: Tkalčićeva 48-50, room 1

Lecturer in charge	Consultations	Location
prof. dr. sc. Ksenija Turković
izv. prof. dr. sc. Sunčana Roksandić	Thursday at 9 a.m. Due to extraordinary cirumstances, available online: suncana.roksandic@pravo.hr	Ćirilometodska 4, room Ćirilometodska 4, soba 54
izv. prof. dr. sc. Marin Bonačić	Due to sabbatical, in academic year 2023/24 consultations will not be held.	Tkalčićeva 48-50, room 1

Please attend the lecture of the US Ambassador, 11.12.2019. , 11:15, Main Hall, Trg Republike Hrvatske 14