Late Assessment Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved: (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (including weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – for example, quizzes and online tests and exams. Applications for a Disruption to Studies are made electronically via ask.mq.edu.au and should be accompanied by supporting documentation.  Students should refer to the Disruption to Studies policy for complete details of the policy and a description of the supporting documentation required.

Submission

All written assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically by way of Turnitin on the iLearn page. Plagiarism detection software is used in this unit.

Format

All assessment tasks in this unit must be typed in Word format and be double spaced to facilitate marking in Turnitin. All assessments must be appropriately referenced, applying the AGLC4 for all citation.

Word Limits

Word limits will be strictly applied and work above the word limit will not be assessed. Footnotes are only to be used for referencing. Substantive material in footnotes will not be marked.

Marking

Detailed marking rubrics will be made available on iLearn. In addition, tutors will be provided with detailed marking guides to ensure consistency. All fail papers will be double marked.

There will be a weekly 2 hour lecture for this unit, which will be recorded. It will be followed by a 1 hour tutorial on the topic for internal students. Both lectures and tutorials will commence from week 1.

Required Readings

There is no set textbook for this unit. Required readings will be available on Leganto and iLearn. Engagement with these readings will be necessary for effective contributions to the assessments, particularly the online discussion forums.

Recommended Readings

While all readings for the unit will be made available on Leganto, including recommended readings, the following books provide excellent overview of the subject as a whole:

1. Dieter Fleck, The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law (OUP, 3rd ed, 2013)
2. Yoram Dinstein, The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 3rd ed, 2016)
3. Yoram Dinstein, Non-International Armed Conflicts in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
4. Andrew Clapham and Paola Gaeta (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict (OUP, 2015)
5. Rain Livoja and Tim McCormack (eds), Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict (Routledge, 2016) 

Other recommended readings per topic will be provided on iLearn.

All Unit requirements and a weekly teaching schedule are outlined in iLearn.

All assessments are to be submitted electronically via Turnitin.