Teaching code

4S003637

Teacher

Francesca Ragno

Coordinator

Francesca Ragno

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW

Period

1° periodo lezioni - GEM dal Oct 1, 2021 al Dec 22, 2021.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The programme provides a wide-ranging analysis of institutional and normative aspects of the gov-ernance of international crises. The aim of the course is to provide students with the ability to understand functions, purposes and characteristics of the international intervention in areas of crisis. In this respect, students will develop an in-depth knowledge of the legal and institutional framework for military humanitarian interventions, of the rules of engagements of military contingents deployed in host-states and of the accountability mechanisms addressing their violations. In line with the aims of the masters’ programme, in particular concerning the acquisition of legal skills, students will acquire the capacity to identify the applicable legal regime and to apply it to concrete situations, while seeking possible solutions through sound legal reasoning and argumentation.

Program

1) International crises today: a conceptual outline
2) Fundamentals of public international law: subjects, sources, responsibility, the use of force and self-defence
3) Covid-19 and International law
4) Threats to the peace and international security: the role of the United Nations, Regional Organizations and Coalition of States, with particular reference to peace-keeping, peace-enforcement e peace-building
5) Fundamentals of international humanitarian law
6) The protection of cultural heritage in crisis areas
7) The migratory crisis
8) International disaster law and risk reduction and risk prevention in disaster management
9) The fight against international terrorism and the anti-radicalism policies
10) Climate crisis

Bibliography

Examination Methods

Students attending classes will be evaluated by means of a written exam aimed at verifying the knowledge of the topics of the course. The exam will involve multiple choices questions and some open questions as well.
Students not attending classes will be evaluated by means of an oral exam. Students should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the following material:
1) A. Tanzi, Introduzione al diritto internazionale contemporaneo, Cedam, 2019, pp. 60-509;
2) F. Casolari, Prime considerazioni sull’azione dell’Unione ai tempi del Coronavirus, «EUROJUS», 2020, 7, pp. 95 – 106
http://rivista.eurojus.it/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Casolari-coronavirus.pdf;
3) G. Bartolini, Il Progetto di articoli della Commissione del diritto internazionale sulla "Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters". RIVISTA DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE, 2017, 100(3), 677-718;
4) A. Spagnolo, Attribuzione del fatto illecito à la carte ovvero come la Corte Suprema Olandese ha liquidato le Madri Di Srebrenica, in SidiBlog http://www.sidiblog.org/2019/07/26/attribuzione-del-fatto-illecito-a-la-carte-ovvero-come-la-corte-suprema-olandese-ha-liquidato-le-madri-di-srebrenica, 2019.