Introduction to Law of International Organisations
Program: Bachelor of Business and Administration (Specialisations: Business, Finance, Governance)
ECTS: 3
Lecturer: Prof. Barbara Mielnik
Email: barbara.mielnik@uwr.edu.pl
Type: Optional
Level: Elementary
Lecture
Number of hours: 2h X 6 weeks = 12 hours (1 semester)
Classes
Number of hours: 2h X 4 weeks = 8 hours (1 semester)
Objective:
Basic Introduction to Law of International Organisations
The aim:
General knowledge on the functioning of the international organizations
Acquired knowledge:
Student knows the legal of the international organizations
Students knows the position of international organizations in the legal enviroment
Acquired skills:
Student is able to analyze the international organizations – its legal character and competences
Student is able to solve problems of the reponsibility of international organization
Developed reflection:
Student understands the role of international organization in the modern world
Student can disscus vatiuos issues on resposibility and ius standi of international organization
Assessment:
The final grade consists of: exam, term papers, class activity, student own work.
Contents:
- Introduction. History of international organizations. Definitions and classifications of internationals organizations.
- Membership in international organizations. Full membership, associate members, observers
- Structure of international organizations. Organs responsible for policy making. Advisory organs. Judicial organs.
- Decision making process. The concept of decisions. Legal basis of decisions. Initiative. Drafting of the text. Final decisions – consensus, voting power, required majority. Entry into force of decisions. Termination of decisions
- Character of the decisions. Internal and external rules. Declarations. Conventions. Types of binding decisions. Other instruments.
- Interpretation and settlement of disputes. Means of interpretation. Methods of interpretation. Competence to request interpretation. Competence to solve disputes.
- Financing of international organizations. Expenditure. Income. Budget of organizations.
- Legal status of international organizations in international law. Personality, application of international law, international responsibility
- Legal status of international organizations in national law. Personality in member and non-member states, application of domestic law, immunity.
- External relations of international organizations. Partners of external relations. Instruments of external relations
Recommended reading:
International Institutional Law, H.G. Schermers, N.M. Blokker, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2011.
