International Law In Action: Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes is an online course offered by Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands through the university’s Grotius Centre for International Studies.
The course is completely free; however, students who wish to receive a certificate of completion at the end of the four-week course must pay a fee. The class examines how international criminal cases are handled by the International Criminal Court and provides an overview of its functions, benefits and weaknesses.
Each week-long unit of International Law In Action: Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes requires 2 to 4 hours of study time to complete. The course material is presented in the form of videos and readings. Most weeks, students will watch seven videos and complete one reading.
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An exam is given at the end of the unit to see how much of the course material students have retained. The units include The International Criminal Justice System: Core Concepts and Foundations, The International Criminal Justice System: Justice Institutions and Procedures, Trying Perpetrators and Remedying Wrong and Look to the Future.
