Course code

AKJ7181.YK

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Rahvusvahelised organisatsioonid ja rahvusvaheliste vaidluste lahendamine

Course title in English

International Organisations and Settlement of International Disputes

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Karolina Aksamitowska (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

- to give the students an overview of the theoretical bases for the creation and functioning of international organisations;
- to introduce the main international organisations;
- to analyse theoretical and practical problems regarding international organisations;
- to provide an overview of the main mechanisms of solving international disputes – both legal and diplomatic
- to analyse problems that arise in the settlement of disputes

Brief description of the course

The course will cover the nature, structure and international relations of the main international organisations (from an economic and political point of view). There will be discussions in seminars and lectures about the various practical and theoretical problems that arise in connection with international organisations. The different mechanisms for dispute settlement will be looked at and solutions found for the problems that arise in the dispute settlement process.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows and understands the theoretical bases of the activity of international organisations;
- has knowledge about the main international organisations;
- understands the functioning of organisations, the legal bases for their creation, their aims, means and policies;
- understands the main mechanisms for dispute settlement and their respective weaknesses and strengths.

Teacher

Study programmes containing that course

Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/24.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/23.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/22.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/21.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/20.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/19.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/18.YK)