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CURSO: LITIGATING BEFORE INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
TRADUCCION: LITIGANDO ANTE TRIBUNALES INTERNACIONALES
SIGLA: DER606L
CREDITOS: 05
MODULOS: 02
CARACTER: OPTATIVO
TIPO: CATEDRA
CALIFICACION: ESTANDAR
PALABRAS CLAVE: LITIGACION; TRIBUNALES INTERNACIONALES; DERECHO NTERNACIONAL PUBLICO; JURISPRUDENCIA
NIVEL FORMATIVO: PREGRADO


I.DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CURSO

It is hardly possible to find an area of the law that develops as quickly as international dispute resolution. International courts, arbitral tribunals, human rights regional courts and national courts provide thousands of judgments or arbitral award each year. In today?s world, knowledge of national laws and jurisprudence is no longer sufficient to be a well-prepared lawyer in the globalized world of the XXIst Century. This course drives students to analyze public international law from a jurisprudential perspective and aims to teach them how to present cases in a concise and meaningful manner before an international forum. The course will also provide students with oral and written legal skills that would eventually allow them to participate in Moot Court Competitions more proficiently.


II.RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE

General

Acquire general knowledge of the different methods of conflict resolution that exist in the international sphere, including both procedural and substantive aspects, and with a special focus on International Law. Get acquainted with modern doctrines and jurisprudence by international tribunals and learn how to prepare a legal strategy.

Specific

1.Analyze and extract the main ideas and legal principles enshrined in different case law, especially jurisprudence of International Tribunals.
2.Plan and develop a strategy to solve a legal problem through written memorials.
3.Orally defend a case before an International Tribunal, and develop debating skills.
4.Participate and cooperate in group assignments in order to propose and provide better legal solutions.


III.CONTENIDOS

1.Introduction to the course: moot-court system and overview of the main concepts of Public International Law.
1.1.Main models of international dispute resolution
1.2.Public International Law as a legal system: concept and legal nature
1.3.Origin of international law (Ius Gentium, Res Publica Cristiana, the State post Westefalia, European Public Law, Process of Universalization).

2.Emergence of new actors in the international sphere: States; International Organizations; United Nations (General Assembly, Security Council and the International Law Commission); the individual and its new role in Public International Law.

3.Modern approaches to key concepts of Public International Law: Sovereignty and responsibility, Universal Jurisdiction, Jus Cogens and Erga Omnes obligations, the Lotus principle today, Equity in international law, among others.

4.The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes: Art. 33 of the UN Charter
4.1.Permanent Court of Arbitration, WTO, ICSID (investment arbitration)
4.2.International Tribunals: ICJ, ECtHR, IACHR, ITLOS, International Criminal Court (ICC), ICTFY, ICTR (Rwanda); Iran-US Claims Tribunal
4.3.Other forums: UNHR Committee

5.Discussing the sources of international law in the XXIst Century:
5.1.Article 38 of the ICJ Statue - Formal and material sources? Critics to this dual approach.
5.2.Hierarchy/relationship between the sources of International Law.
5.3.Article 59 of the Statute, in relation to the role of jurisprudence and its importance when arguing a case before an international tribunal.
5.4.Sources outside Art. 38 of the Statute in the ICJ?s jurisprudence: Soft Law, Unilateral Acts and the International Law Commission.

6.In depth theoretical knowledge on certain issues, with special focus on modern approaches and recent jurisprudential development:
6.1.Treaties: Concept, VCLT regime, pacta sunt servanda, entry into force (Art. 102 UN Charter).
6.2.Costume: Concept; elements; persistent objector; relationship to treaties.

7.Responsibility of States:
7.1.Comparison of classic approach to state responsibility and modern theories that have emerged (R2P, responsibility in cases of humanitarian crisis, refugee law, among others).
7.2.Reparations & International Tribunals: compare the different forms of reparations in international forums from the perspective given by the Articles on State Responsibility (ICJ, HHRR Courts, Investment Law, among others).

8.Arguing a case before the International Court of Justice: Workshop.
8.1.The ICJ Statute and the Rules of the Court.
8.2.Proceedings before the ICJ: Preliminary Objections, Provisional Measures, Orders, Judgments on the merits and Dissenting/Separate opinions.
8.3.Written v. Oral arguments before the ICJ.
8.4.Advisory Opinions (relationship between Art. 59 and 63 of the ICJ Statute).
8.5.The use of domestic legislation and jurisprudence by the ICJ.
8.6.Domestic law as a fact before international tribunals.

9.Arguing a case before other international tribunals: The ICJ?s use of regional jurisprudence:
9.1.European Court of Human Rights.
9.2.Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
9.3.International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea.
9.4.International Criminal Court.
9.5.International Criminal Court of the Former Yugoslavia.
9.6.International Criminal Court for Rwanda.
9.7.Iran-US Claims Tribunal.

10.Arguing a case before arbitral tribunals: The ICJ?s use of specialized jurisprudence:
10.1.Permanent Court of Arbitration.
10.2.World Trade Organization.
10.3.International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
10.4.International Chamber of Commerce (International Court of Arbitration).

11.Moot Court exercises:
11.1.Investigation period (finding the facts and the applicable law).
11.2.Writing a Memorial.
11.3.Pleading in the Oral Hearings.


IV.ESTRATEGIAS METODOLOGICAS

-Lectures on some general and key topics of the course.
-Class Discussion on previously given material, especially case law.
-In class peer-learning activities: recorded videos of fellow students and expert practitioners.
-Specialized workshops on researching, written and oral advocacy skills.
-Moot Court
-Research
-Written memorials
-Oral presentations and oral advocacy.


V.ESTRATEGIAS EVALUATIVAS

-In class participation and preparation.
-Moot Court.
-Oral exam.


VI.BIBLIOGRAFIA

Minima

D?AMATO, Anthony: ?Is International law Really a Law?? North Western University Law Review, 1984-1985, vol. 79, pp. 1294-1314.

International Court of Justice (official document): Reports of judgments, advisory opinions, and orders, printed in Sijthoff.

KOSKENNIEMI, Martii: ?Methodology of International Law?, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, 2001. Disponible en www.mpepil.com.

SIMMA, Bruno: ?Universality of International Law from the Perspective of a Practitioner?, E.J.I.L., 2009, vol. 20, n? 2, p. 483-529.

TAMS, Christian J. and SLOAN, James: The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice, OUP.

THIRLWAY, Hugh: The Sources of International Law, Oxford University Press, 2014.


Recomendada

Articles on the Responsibility of States for International Wrongful Acts, ILC, 2001.

CRAWFORD, James: State Responsibility, 2014, Cambridge University Press.

CRAWFORD, James: The Creation of States in International Law, 2012, Cambridge University Press.

CRAWFORD, Pellet y Olleson, Simon: The Law of International Responsibility (2010).

DIVAC, Marko: The Legal Effects of Resolutions of the UN Security Council and General Assembly in the Jurisprudence of the ICJ.

GAJA, Giorgio Enhancing the Rule of Law through the International Court of Justice, Cambridge University Press.

ILC: ?Fragmentation of International Law: difficulties arising from the diversification and expansion of International law? (2006).

KAMMERHOFER, Jo?rg: Uncertainty in the Formal Sources of International Law: Customary International Law and Some of Its Problems, EJIL 2004.

NEFF, Stephen C: ?A Short History of International Law?, in M. Evans ed., International Law, 3rd ed., Oxford, OUP, 2010, ch.1, pp. 3-27.

RIEDEL, Eibe: ?Standards and Sources. Farewell to the Exclusivity of the Sources Triad in International Law? European Journal of International Law, 1991, vol. 2, pp. 58-84.

SCHWEBEL, Stephen: Justice in International Law, 2011, Cambridge University Press.

SYATAUW, J. J. G. Decisions of the International Court of Justice: A digest, 2nd ed in Sijthoff.

WEIL, Prosper: ?Towards a Normative Relativity in International Law?, American Journal of International Law, 1983, vol. 77, pp. 413-442.


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FACULTAD DE DERECHO / NOVIEMBRE 2019