Unit COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS
- Course
- International relations
- Study-unit Code
- A001424
- Curriculum
- Conflitti internazionali, studi strategici e analisi di politica estera
- Teacher
- Massimo Bartoli
- Teachers
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- Massimo Bartoli
- Hours
- 42 ore - Massimo Bartoli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Giuridico
- Academic discipline
- IUS/13
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian. International and Erasmus students are invited to take the course. In any case, it is advisable to contact the teacher for an appointment in the first weeks of lessons. Some teaching materials will be in English, while the Italian text of the exam program can be replaced with other manuals in English agreed with the teacher. The oral exam can be taken in English. The same goes for personal relationships on topics related to didactic programming.
- Contents
- 1. The international community and international organizations. The
United Nations - 2. The notion of "force" in international law. The appeal
to the armed force and the Charter of the United Nations- 3. Chapter VII of the Charter
of the United Nations and the collective security system - 4 The use of
armed force by regional organizations - 5. Participation
Italian to international missions involving the use of armed force - 6.
The notions of “international law of armed conflicts” and of “law
humanitarian ”- 7. General concepts of war law (sources, scope
application, respect for human rights) - 8. International armed conflicts:
fundamental notions and system of guarantees - 9. The land war,
marine and air -10. The cessation of armed conflict and neutrality -
11. Non-international armed conflicts - 12. Disarmament in law
international - Reference texts
- ) Natalino Ronzitti, International Law of Armed Conflict, Sixth edition, Giappichelli, Turin, 2017
2) Supplementary handouts that will be distributed during the course
3) Knowledge of the United Nations Charter is required, the text of which is freely downloadable from the Web. - Educational objectives
- The first part of the course will analyze the discipline of the use of force in
international relations, with particular attention to the security system
collective of the United Nations and the role assumed by the major ones
regional organizations. The study of the three main branches of
international law applicable to armed conflicts (Ius ad bellum, Ius in
beautiful, Disarmament).
The second part of the course will be dedicated to in-depth studies on topics
selected, of particular relevance and / or relevance, also through
seminars and meetings with qualified experts. - Prerequisites
- The Collective Security and International Law of Armed Conflicts course is
specialized and requires a thorough knowledge of international law. - Teaching methods
- The course will be divided into lectures (delivered in compliance with the
departmental rules on the pandemic emergency), seminars and a series
of reports organized by the students (according to a schedule agreed in
the first lessons), which may concern both program topics and personal
insights. - Learning verification modality
- The presentation of reports, active participation in discussions and
seminars and in-depth activities are strongly recommended, as they are
an integral part of the exam for attending students, giving the right to an
increase in the grade obtained in the oral exam from 1 to 5 points, to
provided that:
• at least 75% of the lessons are attended;
• present at least 1 relationship (but 2 or more relationships are strongly
encouraged).
The increase in the grade from 1 to 5 points depends on three factors in
the following proportion: 40% quantity and quality of the reports, 40%
personal ideas, 20% active participation in discussions and seminars.
Exam
A) Attending students
The exam is oral and in two phases: in the first, the candidate conducts
the discussion with the Commission on the program topics, excluding
those already presented in the reports, and gets a mark; in the second,
the mark already obtained is raised by 1 to 5 points by the teacher on the
basis of the parameters indicated above.
B) Non-attending students
For non-attending students, the exam takes place, on the same program,
in a single phase and the mark is that obtained in the oral interview. Nonattending
students who wish to present reports on the topics of the
course must agree in advance on the topics with the teacher, then
delivering one or more written reports to the teacher at least 15 days
before the exam date. These reports may determine an increase in the
grade up to a maximum of 3 points, calculated on the basis of only two
parameters: quantity and quality of the works (50%); personal insights
and insights (50%). - Extended program
- Collective security and international law of armed conflicts - A. A.
2019/2020
Teacher: Massimo Bartoli
Contact massimo.bartoli@unipg.it
Scope Legal disciplines
Sector IUS / 13
Activity type Single discipline educational activity
Course content and structure:
The Course on Collective Security and International Law of Armed
Conflicts is specialist and requires a thorough knowledge of international
law. The course will be divided into two parts.
The first part will analyze the discipline of the use of force in international
relations, with particular attention to the collective security system of the
United Nations and the role assumed by the major regional organizations.
The study of the three main branches of international law applicable to
armed conflicts will follow (Ius ad bellum, Ius in bello, Disarmo).
The second part of the course will be dedicated to in-depth studies on
selected topics, of particular relevance and / or relevance, also through
seminars and meetings with qualified experts. The final list of the
selected topics and external speakers will be communicated during the
course.
Course topics
1. The international community and international organizations. The
United Nations - 2. The notion of "force" in international law. Recourse to
armed force and the United Nations Charter - 3. Chapter VII of the United
Nations Charter and the collective security system - 4 The use of armed
force by regional organizations - 5. Italian participation in missions
international law involving the use of armed force - 6. The notions of
“international law of armed conflicts” and of “humanitarian law” - 7. The
general concepts of war law (sources, field of application, respect for
human rights) - 8. International armed conflicts: fundamental notions and
system of guarantees - 9. Land, sea and air warfare –10. The cessation of
armed conflict and neutrality - 11. Non-international armed conflicts - 12. Disarmament in International Law