Syllabus - משפט האו"ם (62502)

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Syllabus

Topic One – The nature and characteristics of an international organization
Reading material
* Malcolm N. Shaw, International Law, 8th ed. 2017, pp. 989-1000.
* Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949, ICJ Reports, 1949, p. 174.

Topic Two - The regime of privileges and immunities
Reading material
* Malcolm N. Shaw, International Law, 8th ed. 2017, pp. 1007-1016.
* Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations.
* Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946, Arts. I, II, IV, V, and VI.
* The UN-US Agreement Regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 1947, Sections 9, 11, 12 and 13(a).
* Applicability of Article VI, Section 22 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion of 15 December 1989, ICJ Reports, 1989, p. 177, paras. 9-11, 24, 27, 40-52 and 60.
* Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, Advisory Opinion of 29 April 1999, ICJ Reports 1999, paras. 38-61.
* Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate Under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement, 1947, Advisory Opinion of 26 April 1988, ICJ Reports, 1988, p. 12, paras 7-11, 21,24-29,33,43,45-46,49-50,57.
* General Assembly Resolution 43/48 of 30 November 1988 (Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country), General Assembly Resolution 43/49 of 2 December 1988 (Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country).
* Model status of forces agreement for peacekeeping operations, UN doc. A/45/594 of 9 October 1990, paras. 3, 27, 46, 47(b) and 48.
* Model Memorandum of understanding between the United Nations and States contributing resources to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operation, UN doc. A/C.5/66/8, p. 182, at p. 189, Art. 7 quinquiens.

Topic Three – The Charter of the United Nations
Reading material
* Shaw, International Law, 8th. ed. pp. 94-930.
* Articles 1, 10, 11(2), 12(1), 24, 25, 27, 103 and 108 of the United Nations Charter.
* Case Concerning Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention Arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. USA), Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures, Order of 14 April 1992, ICJ Reports, 1992, p. 114, paras. 1-5,20,30-34,0-44.
* Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) Notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276(1970), Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971, ICJ Reports, 1971, paras. 21-22 and 109-116.
* Security Council Resolution 2334(2016) of 23 December 2016 (Israeli settlements).
* The Yalta Formula on Voting in the Security Council, 8 June 1945, Part II, in Bailey, the Procedure of the Security Council, at p. 458.
* General Assembly Resolution 377(V) of 3 November 1950 (“Uniting for Peace”) (Part A 1).

Topic Four – Membership in the United Nations
Reading Material
* Klabbers, An Introduction to International Institutional Law, pp. 93-114.
* Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (the Montevideo Convention) 1933, Art. 1.
* Articles 4(1), 4(2), 5 and 6 of the United Nations Charter.
* Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter), Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1948, ICJ Reports, 1948, p. 57.
* Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations, Advisory Opinion of 3 March 1950, ICJ Reports, 1950, p. 4.
* Security Council Resolution 817 (1993) of 7 April 1993, and General assembly Resolution 47/225 of 8 April 1993 (Macedonia/FYROM).
* Final Agreement for the Settlement of the Differences between [Greece and Macedonia/ FYROM], Article 1(3) (a), UN doc. A/73/745-S/2019/139 of 14 February 2019, Annex I.
* Ruling of the President of the General Assembly in 1974 on the South-African credentials (GAOR, 2281st Plenary Meeting of 12 November 1974), paragraphs 153-160.
* General Assembly Resolution 47/1 of 19 September 1992 and Security Council Resolution 777(1992) (FRY).
* General Assembly Resolution 2758(XXVI) of 25 October 1971 (China/Taiwan).
* General Assembly Resolution 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974 (Observer status to the PLO); General Assembly Resolution 43/177 of 15 December 1988 (PLO renamed Palestine); General Assembly Resolution 52/250 of 7 July 1998 (Participation of Palestine in the work of the United Nations)Annex, paras. 1,5 and 8; Application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations (A/66/371-S/2011/592 of 23 September 2011); Report of the Committee on the Admission of New Members concerning the application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations (S/2011/705 of 11 November 2011); General Assembly Resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012, para. 2 (Status of Palestine in the United Nations).

Topic Five – Peace and Security
Reading material
* Shaw, International Law, 8th ed. pp. 958-962.
* Articles 2(4), 39, 42, 43, and 51 of the United Nations Charter.
* D. J. Harris, Cases and Materials on International Law, Sixth ed., London, Sweet & Maxwell, 2004, pp. 985-990, 993-1011.
* Security Council Resolutions on Iraq: 660 (1990) of 2 August 1990; 678 (1990) of 29 November 1990: 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991, and 1441(2002) of 8 November 2003.
* Security Council Resolution 2118(2013) of 27 September 2013, para. 21 (Elimination of Syrian chemical weapons).

Topic Six – Humanitarian Intervention and the Passage to Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Reading Material
A.Humanitarian Intervention
* Security Council Resolution 688 (1991) (Iraq)
* Bruno Simma, “NATO, the UN and the Use of Force: Legal Aspects”, European Journal of International Law, Vol. 10, 1999, pp. 1-14, 22 ; Antonio Cassese, “Ex-iniuria jus oritur: Are We Moving towards International Legitimation of Forcible Humanitarian Counter-measures in the World Community?”, ibid., p. 23.

Suggested Reading
Harold Hongju Koh, “Syria and the Law of Humanitarian Intervention (Part II: International Law and the Way Forward), EJIL: Talk, October 4, 2013.

B. Responsibility to Protect
*Stahn, “Responsibility to Protect, Political Rhetoric or emerging Legal Norm”, AJIL, Vol. 101, 2007, pp. 99-116.
* Report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility (A/59/565, 2 December 2004), Part Three: pp. 56-58, paras. 199-209 (Responsibility to Protect).
* General Assembly Resolution 60/1 of 16 September 2005 (World Summit Outcome), paragraphs 138-139.
* Security Council Resolution 1973 (2011) of 17 March 2011 (preamble, paras. 4 and 6.

Topic Seven– International Criminal Tribunals
Reading Material
* Secretary-General’s Report on the Establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (S/25704 of 3 May 1993 pp. 3-8.
* Security Council Resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993.
* Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic a/k/a “Dule”, Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction, Decision of 2 October 1995 (Case No. IT-94-1), paras. 27-40.
* Security Council Resolution 1315 (2000)of 14 August 2000, paras, 1-2 (Sierra Leone).
* Security Council Resolution 1757 (2007) of 30 May 2007, para. 1(a) (Annex) (Lebanon).
* The Prosecutor v. Salim Jamil Ayyash et al. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Appeals Chamber, Decision on the Defence challenges to the jurisdiction and the legality of the Tribunal (Case No. STL-11-01/PT/AC/AR90.1 of 24 October 2012, paras. 25-28, 31.
* Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1998 (Preamble, Arts. 13(b) and 16).
* Security Council Resolution 1593 (2005) of 31 March 2005, preamble, Art. 1 (Sudan).
* Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) of 26 February 2011, preamble, Art. 4 (Libya).

Topic Eight- Peacekeeping operations
Reading Material
* Antonio Cassese, International Law, 2nd. ed. 2005, 343-346;
* Security Council Resolution 836(1993) of 4 June 1993 (last preambular paragraph and operative paragraphs 5, 6, 9 and 10) (UNPROFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
* Security Council Resolution 1856 (2008) of 22 December 2008 (last preambular paragraph and operative paragraphs 1-3 (in particular, 1(a)-(e) (protection of civilians in the DRC)).
* Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) of 12 June 1999, paragraphs 10-11 (UNMIK/Kosovo).
* Convention on the Safety of the United Nations and Associated Personnel, 1994, Articles 2, 7, 8, 9, 20(a).
* Secretary-General’s Bulletin on the Observance by United Nations Forces of International Humanitarian Law, ST/SGB/1999 of 6 August 1999, Sections 1-4.

Topic Nine - Responsibility of International Organizations
Reading Material
* Report of the Secretary-General on Administrative and Budgetary Aspects of the Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, A/51/389, paras. 1-19.
* Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations with Commentaries, adopted by the International Law Commission at its Sixty-Third Session in 2011 (A/66/10) (selected Articles).
* Behrami and Saramati, Applications 71412/01 and 78166/01, European Court of Human Rights, Grand Chamber, Decision on Admissibility (selected sections).

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