International Humanitarian Law

The module aims at providing students with interpretative tools and notions of refugee law and human rights law. The module will illustrate the rules that protect foreigners against fundamental rights violations following removal to third countries. Particular emphasis will be given to international, European and Italian standards for the protection of asylum seekers and refugees. The module will also cover existing complementary forms of protection in European Union law and in the European Convention on Human Rights, as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights. In particular, the module will analyze how such rules provide protection to people fleeing armed conflict (module I) and how the commission of international crimes (module II) can instead prevent access to protection mechanisms. The principles governing the recognition of international protection in European and Italian law will then be examined in detail. During the lessons, in-depth meetings will be held on specific issues related to contemporary migration phenomena (trafficking in human beings, unaccompanied minors, "externalization" agreements).