• E4J University Module Series: Counter-Terrorism

• Module 4: Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • Defining terrorism
  • Criminal justice responses
  • Treaty-based crimes of terrorism - universal counter terrorism instruments
  • Core international crimes
  • International courts and tribunals

• Exercises and case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• References

 

Published in July 2018.

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Possible class structure

 

This section contains recommendations for a teaching sequence and timing intended to achieve learning outcomes through a three-hour class. The lecturer may wish to disregard or shorten some of the segments below in order to give more time to other elements, including introduction, icebreakers, conclusion or short breaks. The structure could also be adapted for shorter or longer classes, given that the class durations vary across countries.

• 0 - 10 mins  » Briefly introduce topic, session learning outcomes and outline structure.
• 10 - 40 mins  » Defining terrorism. Discuss Exercise 1.
• 40 - 70 mins  » Criminal justice approach
• 70 - 75 mins  » Short break
• 75 - 120 mins  » Treaty-based crimes of terrorism. Discuss Case study 1 and/or 2.
• 120 - 125 mins  » Short break
• 125 - 145 mins  » Core international crimes
• 144 - 175 mins  » International courts and tribunals. Watch video: The Reckoning: History of the International Criminal Court (see Additional teaching tools)
• 175 - 180 mins  » If appropriate, introduce the assessment questions with relevant marking criteria.

Alternatively, if for example these topics were taught over e.g. 2 x 2 hour classes, the second part of the second class could use Exercise 2: Moot before the International Court of Justice .

 

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