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Professor��Susana SáCouto will serve as the Hague Program's WCL Faculty in 2024. In addition to WCL Faculty members, instructors for the program include judges, prosecutors and other staff from the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the T.M.C. Asser Institute. Past guest lecturers include:

• HE Judge Kimberly Prost, Judge at the ICTY
• Mathias Marcussen, Senior Trial Attorney at the ICTY
• HE Judge Hans-Peter Kaul, Vice President of the ICC
• Helen Walker, International Cooperation Adviser, Office of the Prosecutor, ICC
• Stéphane Bourgon, former President of the Association of Defence Counsels Practicing before the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• HE Judge Teresa Doherty, Judge at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
• Gilbert Bitti, Head of the Victim Unit of the ICC
• HE Judge Fausto Pocar, Judge and former President of the ICTY
• HE Judge Rene Blattmann, Judge at the ICC
• HE Judge Bennouna, Judge at the ICJ
• Norman Farrell, Deputy Prosecutor of the ICTY

The academic component of the Program consists of two 3-credit courses.

LAW 906-001: International Criminal Law: In Search of Accountability will provide an introduction to international criminal law and explore the various ways in which national, internationalized, and international courts and tribunals have attempted to enforce criminal responsibility for serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law. The course will also examine the role of states, their obligations under international law, and the obstacles they face in bringing to justice those responsible for international crimes.

LAW 907-001: International Legal Approaches to Terrorism in the 21st Century will examine counter-terrorism measures from an international and comparative law perspective and consider the interrelation between these measures and the obligations of states under international human rights and humanitarian law. The course will explore the status of different international players under international law and address questions such as: What is the definition of terrorism? Is the use of force in response to acts of terrorism permitted under international law? Is international law adequately equipped to deal with the “war on terror”?

Each session is taught by experts and/or practitioners in the field, including judges, prosecutors, and other personnel from the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the T.M.C. Asser Institute, and other international organizations. Students are expected to complete assigned readings, participate regularly in all scheduled classes and events, and successfully pass a final written exam for each course. Class attendance is required. The course grade will be based on attendance, participation, and final exam grade.

All classes will be taught in English. Knowledge of the Dutch language is not necessary for participation in the Program.

Exams for both courses��are conducted online following a week of reading period after the program end date. Students may take their exams anywhere they would like within the prescribed time period.

Credits

The Hague is the third-largest city in the Netherlands and is the country’s seat of government, housing the First Chamber, the Second Chamber, the Estates-General, the Supreme Court and many other law-making bodies. In 1899, the world’s first Peace Conference took place in The Hague.

As a result of its rich legacy in international politics, The Hague is also home to over 150 international organizations. Integral to the academic program are visits to major courts and legal institutions located in The Hague, where students will have the opportunity to meet and spend time with practitioners, and to observe hearings or proceedings when in progress. Institutions visited in 2023��include:

• International Criminal Court
• The Special Tribunal for Lebanon
• The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
• The International Court of Justice
• The Dutch Court of Appeal
• The International Commission on Missing Persons
• Eurojust
• The Kosovo Specialist Chambers

Internships

In prior years, several participants pursued internships directly related to international criminal law. For instance, one student interned with the Voice of the Victims project at the ICTY and another worked with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, monitoring proceedings at the Domestic War Crimes Chamber in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Students have also interned with ICTY defense teams, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and with the Documentation Center of Cambodia on issues related to public access to proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

All non-WCL students who will be sending a consortium agreement to WCL: Please make sure to write the name of the specific program and a contact email address on the agreement before submitting the documents.

Please visit WCL Financial Aid's website for more information on summer cost of attendance.

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