CREDITS 2 (LV) 3 (ECTS) - 32 Contact Hours
This course is meant to provide an in-depth understanding of global challenges through the lens of public international law. After World War II, the increasing complexity of multilateral cooperation resulted in international legal frameworks that address armed conflict, environmental degradation, migration flows, and other collective challenges. However, recent years have seen a populist backlash against multilateral norms and institutions, and nationalist responses in the areas of trade, human rights, and the COVID-19 pandemic, to name but a few. This tension compels us to think about the authority and legitimacy of international law, and we use these concepts as a framework to examine the resilience of the international legal system across different areas. Subjects covered will include the rise of non-state actors, the work of international courts and tribunals, migration and refugee flows, the system of collective security and environmental protection.
- Teacher: Leon Castellanos-Jankiewicz