- Docente: Federico Casolari
- Credits: 8
- SSD: IUS/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations (cod. 8782)
Learning outcomes
The course aims at allowing students to know the structures,
interactions and institutions developed at global level.
Course contents
In particular, the course will deal with the following topics: - notion and historical development of International Organizations (IOs); - the IOs' international personality; - structure and functioning of the IOs; - the IOs' internal legal order; - the membership; - the IOs' funding; - the immunities and privileges of the IOs; - the status, immunities and privileges of IOs' officials; - the international responsibility of IOs; - IOs and dispute settlement.
Readings/Bibliography
A. Del Vecchio (ed),
Diritto delle Organizzazioni internazionali, Edizioni
Scientifiche Italiane, 2012.
For Erasmus students:
J. Klabbers,
An Introduction to International Organizations Law, 3rd ed.,
Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Teaching methods
The course will be highly interactive. Theoretical issues will be confronted with practical cases in order to allow the students to understand and verify how IOs concur to the development and enforcement of international law. Moreover, students will occasionally be asked to prepare in advance judgments or other reading material uploaded on the professor's web site in due time.
Assessment methods
The students' learning will be constantly verified through discussions and debates. The final exam will be oral.
Teaching tools
Teaching tools (slides, documents, bibiographical references) will be made available through the online platform AMS Campus.
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Federico Casolari