Dear Students,
Contemporary Issues of International Law
Our course purports to do what its title announces: to look at late developments in the international legal order. More specifically, we shall be focusing on 3 key areas where we shall try to detect the main developments occurring in International Law: subjects; sources; modes of implementation/enforcement.
For that, I am hereby inviting you to start doing research on topics related to these developments according to the underlying list where these topics shall be randomly associated with your email address and tentative date for presenting a PowerPoint with your findings on the matter. I shall be conducting the first classes where the fundamental issues shall be configured and should provide the context for your own contributions, which shall always be discussed by us all together.
I trust that this message sets out clearly what I purport us to do over the coming weeks and scheduled sessions of this Course. I however remain available for any further clarification that you may deem necessary as well as for assistance in the research to be undertaken.
Thanking in advance for your kind attention to these, I remain yours sincerely,
Paulo Canelas de Castro
mc14700@um.edu.mo; Subjects – International Organisations – 14/09/2021
mc14701@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Individuals– 14/09/2021
mc14702@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Peoples – 15/09/2021
mc14703@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Non-Governmental Organisations – 15/09/2021
mc14704@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Corporations / Multinational enterprises – 15/09/2021
mc14705@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Epistemic Communities – 15/09/2021
mc14706@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Minorities – 15/09/2021
mc14707@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Indigenous communities – 15/09/2021
mc14708@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Vuulnerable groups (e.g., women, children, persons with disabilities) – 16/09/2021
mc14709@um.edu.mo; Subjects – Humankind– 16/09/2021
mc14710@um.edu.mo; Subjects – International community– 16/09/2021
mc14711@um.edu.mo; Subjects – States / New Sovereignty– 16/09/2021
mc14712@um.edu.mo; Sources – Multilateral Treaties– 17/09/2021
mc14713@um.edu.mo; Sources – Plurilateral Treaties– 17/09/2021
mc14714@um.edu.mo; Sources – ‘Traités-Loi’– 17/09/2021
mc14715@um.edu.mo; Sources – Codification– 17/09/2021
mc14716@um.edu.mo; Sources – ‘Ius Cogens’– 17/09/2021
mc14717@um.edu.mo; Sources – Instant Custom / ‘coutume sauvage’ – 18/09/2021
mc14718@um.edu.mo; Sources – General Principles – domestic law – 18/09/2021
mc14719@um.edu.mo; Sources – General Principles – international law– 18/09/2021
mc14720@um.edu.mo; Sources – Case law – precedents – courts – 18/09/2021
mc14721@um.edu.mo; Sources – Doctrine – international lawyers – 18/09/2021
mc14722@um.edu.mo; Sources – Resolutions of IOs – 20/09/2021
mc14723@um.edu.mo; Sources – Soft Law -20/09/2021
mc14725@um.edu.mo; Implementation/Enforcement – International Courts -20/09/2021
mc14726@um.edu.mo; Implementation/Enforcement – Arbitration-20/09/2021
mc14727@um.edu.mo; Implementation/Enforcement – Individuals: access to Courts -21/09/2021
mc14728@um.edu.mo; Implementation/Enforcement – NGOs: participation in proceedings – 21/09/2021
mc14801@um.edu.mo; Implementation/Enforcement – Treaty bodies: monitoring, compliance – 21/09/2021
mc14811@um.edu.mo; Implementation/Enforcement – Fact finding commissions -21/09/2021
mc14878@um.edu.mo; Implementation/Enforcement – Sanctions – 21/09/2021