Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

International Institutional Law

International Institutional Law

Anno accademico 2024/2025

• International Institutional Law (GIU1002)
  Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

Sommario insegnamento

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• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Programma
• Modalità di insegnamento
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Attività di supporto
• Strumenti didattici
• Scheda del corso

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Obiettivi formativi

The course aims at developing the students' knowledge of the main features of international organisations and some critical skills for a good understanding of interstate institutional cooperation.

The course also aims at developing the students' knowledge and understanding of the United Nations.

Students will also improve their oral, communication, problem-solving and research skills.

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

By the end of the Course students should: possess a thorough understanding of the functioning of international organisations in general and of the United Nations in particular; have a comprehensive understanding of IOs institutional structure and of the UN in particular; be able to appreciate the causes of the challenges faced by an international organisation born after the Second World War; discuss the role of the UN in the international legal system.

Expected learning outcomes (according to Dublin descriptors)

Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of the main topics analyzed during the course

Applying knowledge and understanding: ability to apply the knowledge acquired to understand relevant reading materials and news, to participate in a discussion or a conference, to understand experts

Making judgements: ability to recognize relevant research materials, to identify a research question, to structure the content of an essay, to interpret sources and to provide an answer to the research question 

Communication: ability to communicate the acquired knowledge, demonstrating an adequate capacity of synthesis and abstraction and using a clear and rigorous language (grammar included)

Lifelong learning skills: acquisition of an effective study method, ability to identify and interpret different problems and texts.

Programma

The Course consists of two Modules.

The First Module, taught by prof. Viterbo, aims at providing students with skills and knowledge on "International Organisations Law".

The rise of multilateralism and of International Organisations

The legal position of IOs

The constituent instruments

Membership

Institutional structure

The powers of IOs

Privileges and immunities of IOs

The responsibility of IOs

The Second Module, taught by a Contract Professor, focuses on "The Law of the United Nations".

The UN General Assembly

The UN Security Council

Judicial review over UNSC resolutions

Modalità di insegnamento

The course will be taught through the traditional learning model based on frontal lectures as well as through interactive lectures, group work actvities, case law analysis and role playing simulations.

Teaching and reading materials will be made available through the Moodle platform. The platform will also be used to organise group activities.

It is therefore essential and compulsory that all the students enrol on the Moodle page of the course to have full access to studying materials and for communication purposes.

Lectures will be held in the Second Semester on Thursday and Friday h. 8-11 at the Campus Luigi Einaudi.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Exam modalities for ATTENDING students

• Attending students will have to act either as applicant or respondent in a dispute before the International Court of Justice and write a memorial (the structure and lenght of which will be described in class). The facts of the case will be illustrated in class and the research/writing of the memorial will be done both in class and at home in two consecutive days (day 1 start of the simulation in class + work can be done also at home, day 2 end of the exercise and assignment delivery). The simulation will take place in April 2025 and attendance is mandatory for both days. Exact dates will be communicated in class at the beginning of the course.

Exam modalities for NON-ATTENDING students

• Written exam with open questions (students will have to provide an answer to 3 questions out of the 4 questions that will be proposed) on the entire textbook. The exam will last one hour.

Attività di supporto

Additional reading materials and resources (selection of book chapters, papers, documents, videos, etc.) will be made available through the Moodle platform.

Any update and communication will be notified to students through Moodle. It is, therefore, necessary that students enrol on the Moodle platform, to have access to reading materials and official communications.

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