Ce cours apparaît dans les formations suivantes :
• Faculté de Droit Lille - Master 1 International and European Law (anglophone) - S1 - 3 ECTS
  Faculté de Droit Lille - Master 1 DIE Organisations Internationales et Européennes (parcours bilingue) - S1 - 3 ECTS

Pré requis

Students should have:

• Basic knowledge of public international law; treaty law and state responsibility.


• General knowledge about the structure of international law.


• Good or very good English skills (oral and written).


• Ability to analyse and draft legal texts.


• Willingness to participate in class.

Objectifs du cours

The aim of this course is to enable students to acquire a comprehensive view on the law of international organisations, which are key actors of the current international legal system. Students will acquire knowledge about the constitutional framework, the inner workings (incl. administrative law), as well as responsibility and immunity of international organisations. Students will be familiarised with foundational acts and treaties, resolutions adopted and relevant jurisprudence in the field.

At the end of the course, the student should be able to identify International Organisations; assess their actions in light of relevant rules of international law, responsibility for internationally wrongful acts and immunity of international organisations.

Contenu du cours

Unit 1: Historical Evolution, Definition and Classification of International Organisations

Unit 2: Constitutive Elements of an International Organisation

Unit 3: Mandate, Institutional Structure and Internal Rules of International Organisations

Unit 4: International Dispute Settlement and International Organisations

Unit 5: Privileges and Immunities of International Organisations: rational and challenges

Unit 6: Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts (IO and their Members)

Unit 7: Moot session of the Security Council of the United Nations

Modalités d'enseignement

Organisation du cours

24h of effective presence

self-learning research

Problem-solving teaching

Presentations (voluntary)

The assessment is made of 20% continuous, i.e. oral participation in the course, 30% grade for simulation of a session of the Security Council and 50% writen exam.

Méthodes pédagogiques

Évaluation

Examen : coeff. 1

Bibliographie

• I will provide students with a Reader containing relevant documents. The links are to be found below:||||
  UNIT 1:||
  

  
  
  • Article 2 (a) of the International Law Commission’s Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations, and commentary (Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 2011, Vol. II (2), 73-78: http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/reports/2011/english/chp5.pdf
  
  
  
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  UNIT 2:||
  
  
  
  • International Court of Justice, Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1949 174, 176-180
  
  
  • http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/4/1835.pdf
  
  
  • United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012 (Palestine)
  
  
  • http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/67/19
  
  
  • United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/276 of 3 May 2011 (Participation of the EU)
  
  
  • http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/65/276
  
  
  
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  • International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Appeals Chamber, Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic, Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction, 2 October 1995, paras. 26-48
  
  
  • http://www.icty.org/x/cases/tadic/acdec/en/51002.htm
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Court of Justice of the European Communities (Grand Chamber),
  
  
  • Yassin Abdullah Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation / Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities, Joint Cases C-402/05 P et C 415/05 P, Judgment, 3 September 2008, paras. 11-45 and 280-328
  
  
  • http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d2dc30db0fa489e15721438fa4cca75bcc03f256.e34KaxiLc3qMb40Rch0SaxuKch50?text=&docid=67611&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=1427847
  
  
  
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  UNIT 4:||
  
  
  
  • Statute of the I.C.J.
  
  
  • Internal Practice
  
  
  
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  UNIT 5:||
  
  
  
  • International Court of Justice, Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, Advisory Opinion, 1.C.J. Reports 1999 62, 81-89 (paras. 38-67): http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/100/7619.pdf
  
  
  • European Court of Human Rights, Waite and Kennedy v. Germany, Judgment, 18 February 1999 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-58912
  
  
  
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  UNIT 6:||
  
  
  
  • Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice: https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/ctc/uncharter.pdf
  
  
  • Dutch experience with the European Patent Office (EPO) [https://www.suepo.org/public/su15088cpe.pdf] and
  
  
  
  Mothers of Srebrenica:||
  
  
  
  • [http://www.asser.nl/upload/documents/20120905T111510-Supreme%20Court%20Decision%20English%2013%20April%202012.pdf]
  
  
  
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  UNIT 7:||
  
  
  
  • Articles of the International Law Commission’s Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations, and commentary Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 2011, Vol. II (2):
  
  
  • http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_11_2011.pdf
  
  
  • European Court of Human Rights, Grand Chamber, Behrami and Behrami v. France
  
  
  • (Application No. 71412/01) and Saramati v. France, Germany and Norway (Application No.78166/01), Decision as to the Admissibility, 2 May 2007, paras. 1-17 and 121-153
  
  
  • http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-80830
  
  

Ressources internet

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  • http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/
  
  
  • http://legal.un.org/docs/?path=../ilc/texts/instruments/english/draft_articles/9_11_2011.pdf&lang=EF
  
  
  
  

  and see the links of websites in "Bibliography"

  
  
  
  
  • https://cas5-0-urlprotect.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fld%2dlille.fr%2fwp%2dcontent%2fuploads%2f2016%2f12%2fProfessors%2dMaster%2dDHSD.pdf&umid=137011fe-a3f9-48ae-8886-d5fd8cb560fe&auth=705252d890056e977d4246eee0c0781db7f56c93-1db07d4d5f4150498c860d3dac400bd2dcb9f47d)