Gab Park, Ki Keywords: DisasteNatural disasteInternational crises | Humanitarian assistance | Armed conflicts | Victims | International protection | International humanitarian law | Responsibility to protect | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The notion of disaster, in the context of this course, is taken in a broad sense, taking the definitions proposed by the Institute of International Law and by the Research Centre for International Law in The Hague. The course is divided into two themes of study, disasters in peacetime and disasters…

Bucher, Andreas Keywords: International crimes | International criminal justice | Victims | Reparation for damage | Trials | Universal jurisdiction | Civil jurisdiction | Civil justice | Access to justice | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course begins with a reminder of the various existing attempts to invoke the responsibility of the perpetrators and accomplices of acts such as genocide, torture, mass disappearances, forced labor, and slavery before the courts. The growing awareness of the different actors to the respect of human rights in vulnerable countries is also addressed. The co…