Humanitarian Law & Armed Conflict
Early Summer Session 2
| 3 credits
| Study Tour:
This course is an examination of human rights and the laws of armed conflict, and how they apply to contemporary conflicts. The course seeks its inspiration in current events, and aims at enabling students to analyze events such as Somalian piracy, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and armed conflicts in Libya and Afghanistan in a legal context. It seeks to provide students with a thorough understanding of the legal aspects that regulate modern conflicts and how they interact with the political environment. In addition, the course examines the civil wars of former Yugoslavia as a case study to prepare for the study tour to the Balkans. The study tour includes visits to NGOs, political and municipal bodies, and discussions with locals on the social, political and economic climate of the country.
Instructors
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Heidi S. Güntelberg
LLM and Cand. Jur. Ph.D. fellow and Assistant Professor at Royal Danish Defence College, Institute for Strategy. Has been stationed in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Romania, Iraq, Nepal, Lebanon and with Operation Unified Protector/Libya. Member of the Danish Peace and Stability Roster.
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Georg E. C. Güntelberg
MA Political Science and Advisor at Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen. Formerly Danish Civil Servant at MoD, Senior Stabilisation Advisor Afghanistan 2008-09, Senior Security Sector Reform Officer Sarajevo 2003-2005, Team Leader Political Intelligence NATO HQ Sarajevo 2002-03, Danish Foreign Intelligence Service 1997-2002.
