Legal analysis of the phenomenon of international organisations (IOs) in the international legal system, with particular reference to their role in the protection of human rights.

Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of the institutional functioning of legal entities such as international organizations and of the activities they carry out for the protection of human rights. Applying knowledge and understanding: ability to frame current legal problems of international organisations law. Making judgements: acquisition and application of the legal tools for the understanding of international organizations dynamics. Communication skills: ability to elaborate, in oral and written form, legal arguments, solidly based on normative sources, concerning the functioning of international organizations, especially in the area of human rights. Learning skills: improving the capacity of reading the dynamics of IOs in the perspective of their possible future developments.

International organizations (IOs). Their subjectivity and structure. Internal legal order and secondary acts. Immunities and privileges of IOs. The responsibility of IOs. IOs and human rights: the UN, its specialized agencies, universal and regional IOs.

Attending Students: J. Klabbers, “An Introduction to International Organizations Law”, IV ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 12. P. Klein, “Responsibility”, in J. Katz Cogan, I. Hurd. I. Johnstone, “The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations”, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 1026-1047. P. Pustorino, “Introduction to International Human Rights Law”, Berlin, Springer, 2023, Chapter. 4 (Sections 4.1-4.3.4). Additional readings on specific issues are indicated below and will be provided in due time during the course. Non-Attending Students (Extended Syllabus): J. Klabbers, “An Introduction to International Organizations Law”, IV ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022, Chapters 1-12. P. Klein, “Responsibility”, in J. Katz Cogan, I. Hurd. I. Johnstone, “The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations”, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 1026-1047. P. Pustorino, “Introduction to International Human Rights Law”, Berlin, Springer, 2023, Chapter. 4.

Lessons, seminars, and exercises. Paper presentations on hot topics and trends.

Attending Students will be mainly assessed based on their individual achievements during the course and their participation in class. To this end, two mid-term assessments will test the knowledge acquired in the first part and in the second part of the course, respectively. The average grade resulting from the two mid-term assessments will account for 70% of the final mark. Students cannot reject the grades obtained in individual tests. It is possible to reject the average grade only in aggregate and before the examination session. Final Exam For those who have passed both mid-term assessments, the final exam will consist of an oral test on topics not covered in previous tests. The grade will account for the remaining 30% of the final mark. For those who have not taken, not passed both mid-term assessments, or rejected the average grade, the final exam will be a full oral exam consisting of different questions on any random topic of the entire Syllabus and accounting for the 100% of the final mark. Students can participate only to one examination session among the two scheduled right after the end of the semester (May or June). Retake Sessions Students that retract, reject the overall final grade or do not pass the final exam (in May) cannot accede to the second examination date (in June) but have to sit to the retake session (in late August). In the first available retake session, students can decide to maintain either the average grade obtained in mid-term assessments or to undergo a full oral exam consisting of different questions on any random topic of the entire Syllabus. After the first available retake session, in the other retake sessions all students will undergo a full oral exam consisting of different questions on any random topic of the entire Syllabus. Non-Attending Students, duly authorized by the Dean of the Graduate School, will only be assessed based on the final examination accounting for 100% of the final mark. It will consist of an oral test on topics covered by the Extended Syllabus (indicated above under “Reference books”).

Final grade must be no less than 28.