International Law and Armed Conflict is an online university-level, self-paced course introducing the international law governing armed conflict. Through realistic scenarios, learners explore when force may lawfully be used, how hostilities are regulated, protections for persons affected by conflict, and the legal responsibilities arising during and after military operations.

This course takes approximately 20 hours to complete and you will have six weeks to complete it.

Cancellation and Refunds

This course is self-paced and access is granted as soon as your payment is processed.

Full refund within 10 days of purchase, if you have not opened any course content beyond the free preview.

No refund once you have opened the course content, or once a certificate has been issued.

Always refunded: duplicate payments, payments that do not result in enrolment, and courses cancelled by the University.

Requests: PDLaw@uottawa.ca

Craig Forcese is a Full Professor in the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, where he teaches and researches public international law, national security law, and the law governing armed conflict and the use of force. He is the author of Destroying the Caroline: The Frontier Raid That Reshaped the Right to War, winner of the American Society of International Law’s Certificate of Merit, and a co-author and co-editor of International Law: Doctrine, Practice and Theory. He served on the drafting committee for the Virginia-Georgetown Manual Concerning the Use of Force Under International Law and, with Major-General (Ret.) Blaise Cathcart, is author of the forthcoming fourth edition of Green’s Contemporary Law of Armed Conflict. He is a past president of the Canadian Council on International Law and a recipient of the University of Ottawa’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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