Law of International Organizations

The significant role that international governmental organizations play within the International Community requires investigating thoroughly the issue of institutionalized international cooperation. Therefore, the course will be devoted to analyse, from a legal perspective, the nature of the cooperation carried out through intergovernmental organizations, making students grasp the extent to which their activities impact on international relations. The course aims, firstly, at transmitting knowledge and understanding of the basics of the subject matter, and, secondly, at providing students with the opportunity to look in depth to some specific legal issues that arise within the current context of international multilateral relations. Lastly, it also intends to enable students to address and asses such issues autonomously, by developing their attitudes to critical thinking, enhancing their research and communication skills, and their mastery of legal lexicon.

At the end of the course, students will be acquainted with the founding aspects of the law of international organizations, and in the position to grasp the essence of their functioning; they will know and understand the provisions applicable to different thematic areas and mastering legal lexicon. Furthermore, they will be able to resort to the theoretical, and normative toolbox of international law in order to deal autonomously with the most frequent and urgent issues in field of multilateral international relations. By the flipped classroom activities, attending students will also enhance their ability to perform hands-down research tasks and to presents the outcomes in the appropriate fashion.