Student will learn how international law interfaces with the national system and other regimes, such as politics and economics.
Students will understand how conflicting narratives on international law rights and duties are presented in international fora, such as the UN Security Council, and the function of UN institutions in relation to peace and security.
Students will identify North-South and South-South perspectives on international law
Students will learn about the normative evolution of international law through treaty-making, case law, and soft law.
Knowledge
Students will have a good understanding of the UN Charter, the UN Declaration on Friendly Relations between States, and resolutions of the UN bodies, including the Security Council and the General Assembly and International Court of Justice.
Students will have a good understanding of the rights and obligations of states and other subjects of international law, as well as enforcement mechanisms.
Students will have a good understanding about the sources of international law (treaties, customary international law and general principles of law).
Students will have good understanding of the dispute resolution mechanisms within international law.
Skills
Students will be able to critically analyze SC and GA resolutions, case law, and treaties, in order identify vagueness or clarity within drafted text.
Students will analyze regional differences in debates and outcome documents, such as the G77.
Students will understand how to critically read an ICJ decision and separate opinions.
General Competence
Students will gain skills including the capacity to identify, explain, and interpret relevant international rules for specific problems, as well as a basis for negotiating or drafting texts for treaty making, etc.
Students are able to critically assess the institutional structure of the international system, its interaction with the national level and other systems (such as politics and economics), and the effectiveness of its dispute resolution mechanisms.
Students will be able to apply their competence as legal advisors in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in international organizations, think tanks, or other entities that work with public international law, including academia.