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Présentation
Students should have:
- basic knowledge of public international law; treaty law and state responsibility;
- general knowledge about the structure of international law;
- good or very good English skills (oral and written);
- ability to analyse and draft legal texts;
- willingness to participate in class.
The aim of this course is to enable students to acquire a comprehensive view on the law of international organisations, which are key actors of the current international legal system. Students will acquire knowledge about the constitutional framework, the inner workings (incl. administrative law), as well as responsibility and immunity of international organisations. Students will be familiarised with foundational acts and treaties, resolutions adopted and relevant jurisprudence in the field.
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
Identify International Organisations; assess their actions in light of relevant rules of international law, responsibility for internationally wrongful acts and immunity of international organisations.
Unit 1: Historical Evolution, Definition and Classification of International Organisations
Unit 2: Constitutive Elements of an International Organisation
Unit 3: Mandate, Institutional Structure and Internal Rules of International Organisations
Unit 4: International Dispute Settlement and International Organisations
Unit 5: Privileges and Immunities of International Organisations: rational and challenges
Unit 6: Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts (IO and their Members)
Unit 7: Moot session of the Security Council of the United Nations
Modalités
24 h of effective presence
self -learning research
Problem-solving teaching
Presentations (voluntary)
The assessment is made of 20% continuous, i.e. oral participation in the course, 30% grade for simulation of a session of the Security Council and 50% writen exam
Ressources
I will provide students with a Reader containing relevant documents. The links are to be found below:|| <b>UNIT 1:</b>|| Article 2 (a) of the International Law Commission’s Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations, and commentary (Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 2011, Vol. II (2), 73-78: <a>http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/reports/2011/english/chp5.pdf</a>|| <b>UNIT 2</b>:|| International Court of Justice, <i>Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations</i>, Advisory Opinion, <i>I.C.J. Reports 1949</i> 174, 176-180|| <a>http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/4/1835.pdf</a>|| United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012 (Palestine)|| <b> </b>|| <a>http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/67/19</a>|| United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/276 of 3 May 2011 (Participation of the EU)|| <a>http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/65/276</a>|| <b>UNIT 3:</b>|| International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Appeals Chamber, <i>Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic</i>,<i> Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction</i>, 2 October 1995, paras. 26-48|| <a>http://www.icty.org/x/cases/tadic/acdec/en/51002.htm</a>|||| Court of Justice of the European Communities (Grand Chamber),|| <i>Yassin Abdullah Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation / Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities, Joint Cases C-402/05 P et C 415/05 P, </i>Judgment, 3 September 2008, paras. 11-45 and 280-328|| <a>http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d2dc30db0fa489e15721438fa4cca75bcc03f256.e34KaxiLc3qMb40Rch0SaxuKch50?text=&docid=67611&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=1427847</a>|| <strong>UNIT 4:</strong>|| Statute of the I.C.J.|| Internal Practice|| <b>UNIT 5:</b>|| International Court of Justice, <i>Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights</i>, Advisory Opinion, <i>1.C.J. Reports 1999</i> 62, 81-89 (paras. 38-67): <a>http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/100/7619.pdf</a>|| European Court of Human Rights, <i>Waite and Kennedy v. Germany</i>, Judgment, 18 February 1999 <a>http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-58912</a>|| <b>UNIT 6:</b>|| Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice: <a>https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/ctc/uncharter.pdf</a>|| Dutch experience with the <i>European Patent Office</i> (EPO) [https://www.suepo.org/public/su15088cpe.pdf] and|| <i>Mothers of Srebrenica</i>:|| [http://www.asser.nl/upload/documents/20120905T111510-Supreme%20Court%20Decision%20English%2013%20April%202012.pdf]|| <b>UNIT 7:</b>|| Articles of the International Law Commission’s Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations, and commentary Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 2011, Vol. II (2):|| <a>http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_11_2011.pdf</a>|| European Court of Human Rights, Grand Chamber, <i>Behrami and Behrami v. France</i>|| <i>(Application No. 71412/01) and Saramati v. France, Germany and Norway (Application No.78166/01), </i>Decision as to the Admissibility, 2 May 2007, paras. 1-17 and 121-153|| <a>http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-80830</a>||