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Primer semestre 2017
Mar 29, 2024
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1. IDENTIFICACION DEL CURSO

Código y Nombre de la Asignatura: LEY 3075 - INTERNATIONAL LAW
División Académica: Div Derecho, Cs Pol y Rel Int
Departamento Académico: Dpto. Derecho
Número de créditos:
Intensidad horaria (semanal para nivel pregrado y total para nivel postgrado):
3.000 Horas de Teoría
0.000 Horas de Laboratorio
Niveles: Educación Superior Pregrado
Tipos de Horario: Teoría

The course provides an overview of the rules that nation states use to organize their relationships with each other, with organizations, and with individuals. We will study particular subject matter areas of international law such as the sources of international law, the law of treaties, the law of the use of force, human rights and world trade.


3. JUSTIFICATION

The course aims to provide students with elements that will facilitate the analysis of the historical, economic and social process that has led to the creation of a series of obligations, agreements, treaties and institutions that make up what we now refer to as international law. The goals are to help international relations students to shape views within international relations, to have an understanding of the operation of international organizations and to understand how the evolution of international law has directly influenced the transformation of the international community. Therefore, the course will seek to carry out a historical and political analysis of the new international order. In this way students will have elements to make a diagnosis of the current situation of law, politics and international relations, and will be in capacity to perform an analysis of the prospects and the direction it will take in the future. An understanding of these political forces that move the world is essential for international relations students, and particularly if we consider that the processes of the international community interfere in the daily actions and have implications for the consolidation of the multipolar system prevailing today.


4. GENERAL OBJECTIVES

The course has three main objectives: first, to expose students to a theoretical framework on the fundamental principles of public international law and the structures of the international legal system. Second, for students to apply the theoretical framework learned and to develop analytical thinking by engaging in discussions on current issues of international law. Finally, for students to acquire the basic skills to do research on international law topics.


5. LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this class, students must be able to:

-Analyze and understand the size and scope of public international law and the importance of standards and regulation for the subjects of this Law.
-Analyze different positions on issues relevant to the study of international law.
-Understand and interpret the various theories of international law and its practical application.
-Identify the different positions that exist about the nature of international law and understand the role they play in its development.
-Identify and understand the different subjects of international law and their similarities and differences.
-Analyze the various sources of international law and its role in solving the various situations that arise within the International Community.
-Analyze the elements of international law and its interaction and location within the field of law.
-Identify and analyze the different problems arising from the interaction between the various members of the international community and propose viable solutions to these problems.


6. CONTENT

Public International Law Theories
Nature of Public International Law.
Concept of International Law
Historical perspective of International Law
Relationship between international law and international relations
Relationship with municipal law.
Branches of international law.
Theories of International Law

Sources of International Law
International Treaties
Customary International Law
Ius Cogens Norms

Subjects of International Law
States
International and statehood
International law of self-determination
The Recognition and Succession of States and Governments
The problem of secession in international law and international relations
International Responsibility

International organizations
Overview of international organizations
International personality
The UN Overview and Development
UN chart - structure
UN and genocides
UN Scandals
Peacekeepers

Individuals
Individuals as objects of international law
Individuals as subjects of international law
International Human Rights Law
International Criminal Law
International Refugee Law

International Law and the Use of Force
General framework on the use of force in international law
Self-defense
The use of force, self-defense and non-state actors
Unilateral humanitarian intervention

International Courts and Tribunals
Types of international courts
Ius Standi in International law
Effects of international judicial decisions
Functions of international courts
Public International arbitration
International Court of Justice
Other international courts

Law of the Sea
The high seas
The continental Shelf, Fisheries zones, and the exclusive economic zone
The territorial sea and Straits
The Deep Seabed
Territorial and maritime dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia

World Trade and International Law
The rationale for trade treaties
Types of trade treaties
The WTO


7. BIBLIOGRAPHY

JANIS, M. et al. (2006) International Law Cases and Commentary. 3 ed. Thompson - West, 975p.
CALI, B. (2010) International Law for International Relations. Oxford University Press,. 431p.
BUERGENTHAL, T. (2007) Public International Law in a Nutshell. 4ed. Thomson - West. 403p.
MURPHY, S. (2006) Principles of international law. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2006. 506 p.

Websites:
http://legal.un.org/avl/ls/internationallaw.html
Oil for Food Justice, Wall Street Journal, at:
http://www.eyeontheun.org/assets/attachments/articles/3945_Oil_for_Food_Justice.doc
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
http://www.un.org/en/index.html
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/Home.aspx
http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.php/en
http://www.coe.int/t/democracy/migration/bodies/echr_en.asp
http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home&c=
http://www.iom.int/
https://www.wto.org/
https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.icj-cij.org/homepage/
Treaties:
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)
United Nations Charter
American Convention on Human Rights
Statute of Rome
Statute of the International Court of Justice
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Cases:
Eastern Greenland Case
Paquete Habana Case
The Asylum Case
Lotus Case
Texaco-Libya Arbitration
Prosecutor v. Furundzija
The Michael Domingues Case
North Sea Continental Shelf Cases
The Nottebohm Case
The Barcelona Traction Case
Tinoco Arbitration
Kadic v. Karadzic
Republic of Croatia et al v. Girocredit Bank A.G
The Soering Case
The Nicaragua Case
Ramdi v. Rumsfeld
Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia
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