1. La organización de las Naciones Unidas

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SUBJECT

LA ORGANIZACIONDE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS

COURSE DESCRIPTION

International Organizations and International Law; The United Nations Organization; Principal organs, agencies, programmes and bodies; Main objectives: International peace and security; Economic and social development; Human rights; Humanitarian action; International law; Decolonization.

CREDITS

ECTS

ECTS CREDITS

6

RELEVANCE WITHIN CURRICULUM

- Acquire a good knowledge of the organization institutions and the decision making processes at United Nations - Manage the different objectives of the organization

GENERAL SKILLS

-Multicultural and international view-Interdisciplinary attitude

SPECIFIC SKILLS

 -A good understanding of the UN system through practical issues.

SUBJECT CONTENT

I. AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

II. THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION: Origins and history. The League of Nations. United Nations Charter. Purposes and principles. Membership. Official languages

III. STRUCTURE: The General Assembly

IV. The Security Council

V. The Economic and Social Council

VI. The Trusteeship Council

VII. The International Court of Justice

VIII. The Secretariat

IX. The UN family of Organizations

X. MAIN OBJECTIVES OF UNITED NATIONS: International Peace and Security

XI. Economic and Social Development

XII. Human Rights

XIII. Humanitarian Action

XIV. International Law

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Press review, debates, multimedia presentations, cases, attendance to conferences, analysis and discussion of articles…

ASSESSMENT

The evaluation will be of a continuous nature, and will be carried out both at an individual and group level (depending on the nature of the activity being evaluated).

The evaluation process for the ‘ordinary’ exams will have the following characteristics:

-      Written tests will not count for more than 50% of the final grade

-      The rest of the grade will be evaluated by a combination of some or all of the following activities:

·       Individual exercises ·       Group exercises ·       Presentations ·       Case studies ·       Class participation ·       Debates ·       Reports ·       Involvement in Forums ·       Other activities by the student, with the student being aware of the

weight and evaluation process beforehand, and these activities being in line with   the learning objectives of the subject

In the July extraordinary exam, the students will have the possibility to recover the tasks or exercises not passed during the course, by carrying out activities that the professor considers appropriate, in this way still having the possibility to reach the maximum grade in the subject.

The exams will carry the same weight in both examination periods (ordinary and extraordinary), never being more than 50% of the total grade.    

Under no circumstances will the class attendance of the student form part of the final grading process.

Detailed information regarding the evaluation process can be found on the space allocated to each subject in Moodle.

SPECIFIC NORMS

There are no specific norms.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The United Nations today, United Nations Department of Public Information, New York, 2008

Everything you always wanted to know about the United Nations, United Nations Department of Public Information, New York, 2010

BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES, L.: International organizations and international dispute settlement: trends and prospects, New York, 2002

BROWNLIE, I.: The rule of law in international affairs: international law at the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, Kluver, The Hague, 1998.

CONFORTI, B.: The law and practice of United Nations. Martinus Nijhof Publishers, 2005

DE WET, E.: The chapter VII: powers of the United Nations Security Council, Oxford, 2004

SHAW, M.: International Law, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

ZIRING, L.: The United Nations, International Organization and World Politics. 2004

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DIEZ DE VELASCO, M.: Organizaciones Internacionales, ed. Tecnos, Madrid, 2010.

PASTOR RIDRUEJO, J.A: Curso de Derecho Internacional Publico y Organizaciones internacionales, ed. Tecnos, Madrid, 2010.