Course: Law of International Organisations

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Course title Law of International Organisations
Course code MEP/LOIOR
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Faix Martin, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Bureš Pavel, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to Law of International Organizations. Current Issues 2. History of IO 3. Legal caracter and personality of IO 4. Classification, international organs, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations 5. Membership, in IO, dissolution and succession. 6. Privilegies and immunities, financing. 7. Institutional structures I: Non-judicial organs of IO, their acts: legal caracter and effects. 8. International Organizations and the Law of Treaties. 9. Institutional structures II: Judicial organs and peaceful settlements of disputes. 10. Responsibility of IO 11. International organisations and Human rights 12. International organisations, peace and security

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The role of international organisations in functioning and reshaping of the international community is steadily growing. This is true also from the viewpoint of the Czech Republic. The course "Law of International Organisations" aims at reflecting these developments by introducing the student to the major aspects of the topic, however, with a strong focus on international law. Students will acquire an understanding of inter alia the issues and concepts of legal personality, membership, creation of law by international organisations, but also e.g. the issue of international responsibility of international organisations. Students will be required to participate actively in the classes (students will be expected to present their views on the issues when asked and to respond to questions in the class), follow the current developments in international community, work with relevant documents and literature and fulfil tasks assigned to them.
Students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to good understanding of basic institutes of the law of international organizations, the role they play as a subject of international law in nowadays international community.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

The course is ended in written form.
Recommended literature
  • http://www.asil.org/intorg1.cfm.
  • http://www.unsystem.org/.
  • (1946). Charta Spojených národů : San Francisco 26. června 1945. Praha, Orbis.
  • International Organizations Law Review, ISSN 1572-3739, Online ISSN:1572-3747. Online ISSN: 1572-3747.
  • Čepelka, Č., Šturma, P. (2008). Mezinárodní právo veřejné, 2. vydání. C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • David, V., Sladký, P., Zbořil, F. (2008). Mezinárodní právo veřejné s kazuistikou (vybrané kapitoly). Leges.
  • Klabbers, J. (2009). International Institutional Law. Cambridge. Second Edition.
  • Waisová, Š. (2008). Mezinárodní organizace a režimy. A. Čeněk, Plzeň.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): European Studies Focusing on European Law (2017) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer