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UPM 6001 |
UPEACE Foundation Course
UPM 6001-UPEACE Foundation Course3CreditsThe UPEACE Foundation Course provides a critical and concise introduction to the broad field of “Peace Studies” for students in all UPEACE programmes. It initially addresses key conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the origins and development of peace studies as an interdisciplinary area within the fields of international relations and political economy, as well as a basic understanding of conflict analysis. Based on a critical analysis of policies, strategies, policies, institutions, organizations, and movements, the course then examines a range of core issues, dimensions, perspectives, and paradigms for understanding the root causes of conflicts and violence and constructive strategies to address them and build peace in contemporary global, international, regional, national and local contexts, including conflict management, conflict resolution, and conflict transformation; alternative discourse analysis; militarization and disarmament; human rights violations and promotion; gender inequalities, gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming; structural violence, human security, development and globalization; environmental sustainability; corporate social responsibility; cultural and religious identities; media’s role in conflict and peacebuilding; strategies of nonviolence; and peace education. This Foundations course will be essential in catalyzing the awareness, understanding, and motivation of UPEACE students from diverse academic programmes to relate, ground, or intersect their specific areas of academic and practitioner interest with core theoretical, conceptual, and analytical ideas in peace studies.
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UPEACE Resident Faculty()
Amr Abdalla(Egypt/United States)
Amr AbdallaEgypt/United States
Professor Emeritus, University for Peace
Dr. Abdalla is a Professor Emeritus at the University for Peace (UPEACE), and the Scholar in Residence at the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College, Pennsylvania. He is also the Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution at the Washington-based organization KARAMAH (Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights).
From 2014 to 2017, he was the Senior Advisor on Policy Analysis and Research at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) of Addis Ababa University. In 2013-2014, he was Vice President of SALAM Institute for Peace and Justice in Washington, DC. From 2004-2013 he was Professor, Dean and Vice Rector at UPEACE. Prior to that, he was a Senior Fellow with the Peace Operations Policy Program, School of Public Policy, at George Mason University, Virginia. He was also a Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Leesburg, Virginia.
Both his academic and professional careers are multi-disciplinary. He obtained a law degree in Egypt in 1977, where he practiced law as a prosecuting attorney from 1978 to 1986. From 1981-1986, he was a member of the public prosecutor team investigating the case of the assassination of President Sadat and numerous other terrorism cases. He then emigrated to the US, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University. He has been teaching graduate classes in conflict analysis and resolution and has conducted training, research, and evaluation of conflict resolution and peacebuilding programs in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
He has been an active figure in promoting inter-faith dialogue and effective cross-cultural messages through workshops and community presentations in the United States and beyond. He pioneered the development of the first conflict resolution teaching and training manual for Muslim communities titled (“…Say Peace”).
He also founded Project LIGHT (Learning Islamic Guidance for Human Tolerance), a community peer-based anti-discrimination project funded by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ). In 2011, he established with Egyptian UPEACE graduates a program for community prevention of sectarian violence in Egypt (Ahl el Hetta). In 2018 he led the publication of the first Arabic Glossary of Terms in Peace and Conflict Studies in cooperation with UNDP-Iraq and the Iraqi Amal Association.
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3 weeks (Including one double session. Friday 15 September 2023 is a Holiday) |
28-Aug-2023 14-Sep-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
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DIL-6100 |
Public International Law (3 credits)
DIL-6100-Public International Law (3 credits)3CreditsContemporary international life has become unthinkable without the existence of public international law. Increasingly, international relations have become juridified, while more and more actors (international organizations, individuals, groups, NGOs, and corporations) participate in norm creation, implementation and enforcement. And, as humanity faces unprecedented challenges, the call for more cooperation and regulation is undiminished. This course offers a comprehensive overview of the topic of public international law. It provides students with a broad introduction that will focus on laying a firm foundation of knowledge about the most important doctrines and topics in this field. It will provide students with a solid grasp of the vocabulary of international law (sources, jurisdiction, responsibility, enforcement, etc.), as well as a sense of the context in which international law originates and operates and an understanding of the legal and political institutions that play a role in international law and dispute settlement. Students will also be introduced to the methods prevalent in international legal argumentation as well as the methodology for researching international law. Finally, the course will analyze a broad range of contemporary issues that are dealt with using international legal tools, such as peace and security, the use of force, human rights, humanitarian law, diplomatic and consular protection, migration, and climate change, amongst others.
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Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
Mariateresa Garrido Villareal(Venezuela)
Mariateresa Garrido VillarealVenezuela
Dr. Mariateresa Garrido (Venezuela) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Law at UPEACE and the Doctoral Committee Coordinator. She is an international lawyer and holds a Doctorate from UPEACE. Her main research area is related to the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and the protection of journalists in Latin America; but she is also researching on the interaction between human rights and Information and Communication Technologies. She uses mixed methodologies and legal research to explore linkages between the law, journalism and new technologies. She also holds two Master’s Degrees; one from UPEACE in International Law and the Settlement of the Disputes and one from the Central University of Venezuela in Public International Law.
Marjolein Schaap(The Nederlands)
Marjolein SchaapThe Nederlands
Dr. Marjolein Schaap mschaap@upeace.org
Marjolein Schaap obtained her LL.B. (2008), LL.M (2009), and Ph.D. in international public law (2020) from the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She held a lecturer position at the Department of international law at the Erasmus School of Law (2009-2013) and a Ph.D. position from 2014-2018. She assisted the EU Policy & Outreach Partnership in the USA (based in Washington D.C, USA) in the organization of events and outreach thereof in the South Florida region (2018-2019). Further, Marjolein was an adjunct lecturer at the University of Curacao from 2019-2021, where she taught Regional Human Rights Law.
Marjolein’s principal areas of research and study are the law of international institutions, human rights law, and global governance. Her research addresses accountability and transparency issues of public authorities, whether they operate at the national or international level. Marjolein was a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany) in 2013 and 2014. In addition, Marjolein served as a reviewer for the Oxford Journal of Transitional Justice (2010-2014), as a member of the editorial board of the School of Human Rights Research newsletter (2012-2016), as a reviewer for the International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights (2018), and as a rapporteur for the Comparative Covid-19 Project managed by the Young Scholar Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (2020-2021). She is a rapporteur for Oxford Database for International Organizations (OXIO).
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3 weeks |
20-Sep-2023 10-Oct-2023 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #2 |
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UPM 6003 |
The United Nations System and...
UPM 6003-The United Nations System and UPMUNC (Part I)2CreditsThe course is intended to familiarize students with the creation, objectives, evolution, main entities, and principal areas of work of the United Nations system. The course will look in some detail at the United Nations Charter and the functions of the UN’s principal organs before delving into the UN’s work in spurring cooperation to address a number of key contemporary global challenges, such as those in the areas of sustainable development, international migration and large-scale refugee flows, and climate change and environmental degradation.
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Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
Guest Speakers()
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2 weeks |
16-Oct-2023 27-Oct-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
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DIL 6131 |
International Law Related to Armed...
DIL 6131-International Law Related to Armed Conflict I: Jus ad bellum1CreditsThis course will examine the legal framework on jus ad bellum in International Law. The prohibition of the use of force is customary international law. However, the prohibition of the use of force has been subjected to fierce challenges due to expanded interpretations of the exceptions contained in the UN Charter. The course will review and will discuss the definitions and scope of international armed conflict, armed attack, and aggression, among other topics. The scope of the law will be reviewed by the interpretation of the principles of self-defense through the prism of ICJ’s landmark cases, and, by the positions that States themselves have taken. Students will examine UN procedural and institutional provisions of the United Nations Charter dealing with the use of force, including Security Council authorization of use of force in specific cases and the legal mandate of the United Nations in matters of international peace and security. Analysis of the use of force pursuant to invitation, and pre-emptory self-defense, humanitarian intervention, the Responsibility to Protect, as well as the emergence of the “unwilling and unable” test will inform a state the of the fluidity of the use of force in practice.
The students will consider the legitimacy of the expanded interpretations (preventive and pre-emptied use of force, unwilling and unable test, etc) of the exceptions contained in the UN Charter in relation to state practice. The jus ad bellum elements related to the protection of civilians, especially through an analysis of ‘humanitarian intervention’, the R2P doctrine.
Participants will have the opportunity to analyze cases, jurisprudence, and the relevant contemporary issues emerging in this field will be discussed, including an appraisal of jus ad bellum in new situations created by the uses of emerging technology and artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons systems (unmanned combat systems), the new theaters and characteristics of conflict, including the role of private military and non-state actors, as well as the discussion of the international law of nuclear weapons ad bellum.
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Sergio Ugalde(Costa Rica)
With 20 years of experience in the field of International Law and Diplomacy, Sergio Ugalde (Costa Rica) graduated as a lawyer from the University of Costa Rica and holds a Magister Juris in European and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. As Costa Rica’s most senior international legal adviser since 2002, he has been entrusted with representing and managing his country’s last six cases before the International Court of Justice as counsel and advocate, and later as Co-Agent. He has served his country on over 40 occasions as Special Ambassador for legal, diplomatic and international cooperation and security affairs, and has been the chairman of the International Law Commission at Costa Rica´s Foreign Ministry for 17 years. He has headed several negotiations involving issues of international law. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Ugalde was appointed Costa Rica´s Ambassador to The Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prescription of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), where he served as Vice-Chair to the 20th Conference of States Parties. He was also Governor at the United Nations sponsored Common Fund for Commodities, based in Amsterdam. He served as Costa Rica’s Representative to the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC), and was appointed Vice-president of the Assembly of States Parties and Chair to The Hague Working Group on the International Criminal Court between 2016 and 2017. As acting President to the XVI Assembly of States Parties of the ICC in New York, he played a significant role in the activation of the ICC´s jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression by the consensus of 123 State Parties. He is a member of the Costa Rican Bar, an international member of the American Bar Association, and a member of the International Law Association in London.
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1 week |
30-Oct-2023 03-Nov-2023 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #2 |
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DIL-6101 |
International Human Rights Law (2...
DIL-6101-International Human Rights Law (2 credits)2CreditsHuman Rights form one of the most important branches of international law. The Holocaust and the atrocities of World War II brought about the recognition of human rights as a matter of concern to the international community. Today, all States have assumed obligations under international treaties that guarantee a wide range of rights to human beings, both in times of peace and in conflict. Further obligations for States and other actors emerge from customary human rights law. Under the United Nations and regional organizations, several bodies have been established to monitor violations of the rights of human beings. Despite these efforts, we continue to live in a world where many face rampant abuse of their human rights. This course provides participants with a solid understanding of the international legal regime for the protection of human rights. The course will cover a broad spectrum of issues in human rights protection, beginning with the foundational instruments and principles of international human rights law and ending with the challenges of moving beyond the framework of predominantly State-centric obligations recognized by this regime. We will explore the core human rights instruments; the enforcement mechanisms established under international law and will give special attention to the rights of vulnerable persons and groups. In addition, we will pay close attention to debates regarding the theoretical and legal workability of the international human rights system. Are human rights truly ‘universal’? Are some human rights more important than others? How can human rights norms be applied to non-traditional actors, such as corporations and terrorist groups? Do new ‘group rights’ strengthen or undermine human rights? These questions and many more will guide and deepen our understanding of the principles underpinning the human rights regime, and the way that international law works and does not work in the world of human rights protection.
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Marjolein Schaap(The Nederlands)
Marjolein SchaapThe Nederlands
Dr. Marjolein Schaap mschaap@upeace.org
Marjolein Schaap obtained her LL.B. (2008), LL.M (2009), and Ph.D. in international public law (2020) from the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She held a lecturer position at the Department of international law at the Erasmus School of Law (2009-2013) and a Ph.D. position from 2014-2018. She assisted the EU Policy & Outreach Partnership in the USA (based in Washington D.C, USA) in the organization of events and outreach thereof in the South Florida region (2018-2019). Further, Marjolein was an adjunct lecturer at the University of Curacao from 2019-2021, where she taught Regional Human Rights Law.
Marjolein’s principal areas of research and study are the law of international institutions, human rights law, and global governance. Her research addresses accountability and transparency issues of public authorities, whether they operate at the national or international level. Marjolein was a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany) in 2013 and 2014. In addition, Marjolein served as a reviewer for the Oxford Journal of Transitional Justice (2010-2014), as a member of the editorial board of the School of Human Rights Research newsletter (2012-2016), as a reviewer for the International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights (2018), and as a rapporteur for the Comparative Covid-19 Project managed by the Young Scholar Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (2020-2021). She is a rapporteur for Oxford Database for International Organizations (OXIO).
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2 |
2 weeks |
06-Nov-2023 17-Nov-2023 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #2 |
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DIL-6105 |
Universal System for Protection of...
DIL-6105-Universal System for Protection of Human Rights (1 credit)1CreditsThe UN Charter indicates that one of the main purposes of the organization is to encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. To achieve it, the so-called Universal System for Protection of Human Rights was created. The system is complex because it is composed of different bodies and requires the participation of several stakeholders (States, UN Representatives, experts, NGO, individuals, etc.). The purpose of this course is to unfold it to provide students with the necessary knowledge to understand it and use it for the promotion and protection of human rights. Throughout the course, we will critically analyze the role of the UN bodies and mechanisms in ensuring States’ accountability for promoting, respecting, and fulfilling human rights obligations. We will also scrutinize UN monitoring mechanisms (Treaty bodies and Special Procedures) as well as individual complaints procedures. To do it, we will engage in academic discussions, research activities, and simulations that will provide its participants with a solid understanding of the international legal regime for the monitoring protection system of human rights.
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Mariateresa Garrido Villareal(Venezuela)
Mariateresa Garrido VillarealVenezuela
Dr. Mariateresa Garrido (Venezuela) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Law at UPEACE and the Doctoral Committee Coordinator. She is an international lawyer and holds a Doctorate from UPEACE. Her main research area is related to the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and the protection of journalists in Latin America; but she is also researching on the interaction between human rights and Information and Communication Technologies. She uses mixed methodologies and legal research to explore linkages between the law, journalism and new technologies. She also holds two Master’s Degrees; one from UPEACE in International Law and the Settlement of the Disputes and one from the Central University of Venezuela in Public International Law.
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1 weeks |
20-Nov-2023 24-Nov-2023 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #2 |
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DIL-6124 |
International Law Related to Armed...
DIL-6124-International Law Related to Armed Conflict II: Jus in bello (2 credits)2Credits
- Is war amenable to regulation by law and, if it is, to what extent and in what way is it so amenable?
Governing warfare concerns not only soldiers and lawyers but also practitioners and scholars of international affairs. Is it permissible to make a civilian acting as a human shield the object of an attack? What makes the use of unmanned aerial combat vehicles and lethal autonomous weapons so controversial? Should a long-time occupier be forbidden to repeal local laws even when they stifle the territory’s economic and social development? Is conferring legal standing and ownership upon non-state organised armed groups the solution to their uneven compliance with war rules?
Responding intelligently to these and other questions requires familiarising oneself with the manner in which war is to be normatively regulated. The ten sessions described below introduce participants to the law of armed conflict, also known as jus in bello or international humanitarian law (IHL). With 30 hours of intensive and interactive instruction, students will acquire a solid understanding of (a) how international law facilitates and restrains belligerent conduct and (b) how it ensures the protection and humane treatment of war victims. Throughout this course, we will maintain our focus on the broader historical and normative frameworks within which the law operates (the “why’s”), rather than the details of its technicalities (the “what’s”).
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Nobuo Hayashi(Japan)
Nobuo Hayashi is an Associate Senior Lecturer at the Centre for International and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University. He also holds visiting professorships at the UN-mandated University for Peace (San José, Costa Rica) and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (Turin, Italy). He specialises in international humanitarian law, international criminal law, jus ad bellum and international weapons law. He has over twenty years of experience performing advanced research, providing expert advice, teaching postgraduate students and training senior professionals in these areas. HIs work has been cited in international war crimes trials and diplomatic negotiations. His latest monograph, Military Necessity: The Art, Morality and Law of War, was published from Cambridge University Press in 2020.
Major positions held: Senior Legal Advisor, International Law and Policy Institute (Oslo, Norway); Visiting Professor, International University of Japan (Niigata, Japan); Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo; and Legal Officer, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, Netherlands). Degrees earned: PhD (Leiden), LLM (Cantab.), DÉS (Graduate Institute/Geneva), BSFS (Georgetown).
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2 |
2 weeks (Friday 1 Dec 2023 - Holiday) |
29-Nov-2023 13-Dec-2023 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #4 |
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DIL-6102 |
Regional Mechanisms for Human Rights...
DIL-6102-Regional Mechanisms for Human Rights Protection (3 credits)3CreditsThe world is changing. Of this, we can be certain. We face many challenges: COVID-19, its impacts, climate change and environmental degradation, democratic erosion and human rights violations.
Under this complexity, we ask ourselves if the human rights protection systems are doing a good job addressing the problems that affect us? Most especially, are they effective in promoting and protecting human rights? What is the role of regional human rights systems in our current context? Where are their limits?
The main objective of this course is to provide students with a good theoretical and practical understanding of regional human rights systems. The course aims to familiarize the students with the governing norms, institutions and procedures of these systems. Current challenges to and difficulties of the regional systems will also be addressed. As an additional objective, the course should help students to understand and analyze case law, improve legal writing skills and argumentation, and to analyze human rights norms and systems in a comparative manner.
The course starts with a general introduction to the regional human rights protection mechanisms, and their context within international human rights law and bodies. This will be followed by an introduction and overview of the European, Inter-American and African human rights systems. We will also focus on relevant issues for the regional systems, such as gross violations, vulnerable groups, rights of minorities, and economic, social and cultural rights, among others.
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Frans Jacobus Viljoen(South Africa)
Frans Jacobus ViljoenSouth Africa
Frans Viljoen obtained his LLB and M.A. degrees (in Afrikaans literature) and his LLD (on the African regional human rights system) from the University of Pretoria (South Africa); and his LLM degree from Cambridge University (UK). In October 2007, he was appointed Director of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. He is also the Academic Coordinator of the LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa presented by the Centre, in collaboration with seven partner law faculties across Africa. He is also the author of numerous articles, especially dealing with human rights issues, and International Human Rights Law in Africa. He is editor-in-chief of the African Human Rights Law Journal and co-editor of the English and French versions of the African Human Rights Law Reports.
María Pía Carazo Ortiz (Costa Rica)
María Pía Carazo Ortiz Costa Rica
Dr. María Pía Carazo has a Law degree from the University of Costa Rica (1996), an LL.M. degree from the University of Heidelberg, Germany (1999) and a Doctor iuris from Göttingen University, Germany (2017). She focuses on regional human rights protection systems. She has also researched and taught other subjects such as general principles and rules of public international law, refugee law, international human rights protection, sustainable development and climate change. She worked as a junior research fellow at Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. She has also lectured and taught at different institutions, including the University of Bonn, Germany and the University for Peace. Pia is also co-founder of Quantum Leap, an initiative focused on holistic solutions for climate change.
Julie Diane Recinos(USA)
§ Julie Diane Recinos is Head of the Office for Gender Equality of the Mexican Supreme Court and Visiting Professor at the United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica. Previously, she was an Advisor to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. She was also a Senior Coordinating Attorney at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, where she worked for 11 years (2008 - 2019). Julie holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, in the United States, and is a Member of The Florida Bar. She holds two Bachelor's Degrees (B.A.) magna cum laude, in History and Political Science, with a concentration in Latin American Studies, from the University of Florida, USA. She has also completed advanced studies in human rights at the University of Oxford, UK. From 2006 to 2008, she served as Research Assistant to the then-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. She has written and taught on international human rights instruments and standards in various academic and governmental institutions around the world. She specializes in gender rights.
Patricia Tarre Moser(Costa Rica / Venezuela)
Patricia Tarre MoserCosta Rica / Venezuela
Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San Jose, Costa Rica. Attorney, May 2001 -present Drafting preliminary sections of the Court's judgments, resolutions and memorandums for subsequent presentation to legal officials and judges. Assisting the registry during the proceedings of the cases pending before the Court.
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3 |
3 weeks |
08-Jan-2024 26-Jan-2024 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #4 |
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DIL-6139 |
International Environmental Law
DIL-6139-International Environmental Law3CreditsThis course provides an advanced introduction to international environmental law. The goal is to help students become fluent in international environmental law and policy by giving them the tools necessary to understand the current regulation of environmental problems. We will analyze the field of international environmental law by zooming in on the issue of climate change. We will analyze who are the actors, what are the main principles, what are the relevant multilateral environmental agreements, and what is the role and potential of courts in addressing environmental problems. In the last week of class, we will focus on how human rights law can be instrumental in addressing the issue of climate change by discussing recent court cases brought to the various human rights bodies. In this course, students will learn to critically analyze the extent to which international law is able to address complex environmental issues like climate change and what are the main challenges ahead in realizing change.
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Mandatory |
Marjolein Schaap(The Nederlands)
Marjolein SchaapThe Nederlands
Dr. Marjolein Schaap mschaap@upeace.org
Marjolein Schaap obtained her LL.B. (2008), LL.M (2009), and Ph.D. in international public law (2020) from the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She held a lecturer position at the Department of international law at the Erasmus School of Law (2009-2013) and a Ph.D. position from 2014-2018. She assisted the EU Policy & Outreach Partnership in the USA (based in Washington D.C, USA) in the organization of events and outreach thereof in the South Florida region (2018-2019). Further, Marjolein was an adjunct lecturer at the University of Curacao from 2019-2021, where she taught Regional Human Rights Law.
Marjolein’s principal areas of research and study are the law of international institutions, human rights law, and global governance. Her research addresses accountability and transparency issues of public authorities, whether they operate at the national or international level. Marjolein was a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany) in 2013 and 2014. In addition, Marjolein served as a reviewer for the Oxford Journal of Transitional Justice (2010-2014), as a member of the editorial board of the School of Human Rights Research newsletter (2012-2016), as a reviewer for the International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights (2018), and as a rapporteur for the Comparative Covid-19 Project managed by the Young Scholar Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (2020-2021). She is a rapporteur for Oxford Database for International Organizations (OXIO).
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3 |
3 weeks |
29-Jan-2024 16-Feb-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Classroom #3 |
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DIL-6080 |
Human Rights Reporting, Monitoring, and...
DIL-6080-Human Rights Reporting, Monitoring, and Evaluation3CreditsThis course introduces students to the methodology and basic techniques of human rights field work used by practitioners, whether working with the United Nations, other inter-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions or non-governmental organisations. Students will gain the necessary skills required in human rights reporting, monitoring, fact-finding and advocacy, with a particular focus on being able to engage on the most serious human rights violations. Students will also learn about the strategic uses of reporting in a range of settings, including in human rights advocacy, policy making, and monitoring situations. The course is hands-on and will be chiefly based on practical exercises and realistic scenarios of human rights situations of concern.
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Jan Arno Hessbruegge(Germany)
Jan Arno HessbrueggeGermany
Dr. Jan Arno Hessbruegge works for the Methodology and Training Section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), where he is responsible for the human rights training of military and police peacekeepers and covers other human rights engagement with security forces. Over the course of two decades, he has worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as a direct legal adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for the OHCHR New York Office, OHCHR Rule of Law Section and for the U.N. Commissions of Inquiry on Human Rights in Syria and North Korea. He also served in U.N. peacekeeping missions in Sudan and Haiti, and worked with the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and the Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons. Prior to joining the United Nations he worked for the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the German Parliament and the U.S. Institute of Peace. He holds a law degree from the University of Muenster in Germany, a Master of Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, the Diploma Law of the Hague Academy of International Law and a doctorate in international law from European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. He teaches this course in a personal capacity and any views presented are not necessarily those of the U.N.
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3 |
3 weeks |
19-Feb-2024 08-Mar-2024 |
8:45 am.-11:45 am. |
Classroom #3 |
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DIL-6140 |
Advocacy and International Law
DIL-6140-Advocacy and International Law 1CreditsThis course aims to equip students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to effectively advocate for the promotion and protection of international law at the national and transnational level. Through a blend of lectures, discussions, and hands-on exercises, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of various advocacy strategies and tools and will gain insight into what tool might serve what complex international issue best depending on the context. By practicing how international law can be instrumentalized - how format and tone are just as important as substance - students learn how international law can be used as a tool for change.
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Mandatory |
Marjolein Schaap(The Nederlands)
Marjolein SchaapThe Nederlands
Dr. Marjolein Schaap mschaap@upeace.org
Marjolein Schaap obtained her LL.B. (2008), LL.M (2009), and Ph.D. in international public law (2020) from the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She held a lecturer position at the Department of international law at the Erasmus School of Law (2009-2013) and a Ph.D. position from 2014-2018. She assisted the EU Policy & Outreach Partnership in the USA (based in Washington D.C, USA) in the organization of events and outreach thereof in the South Florida region (2018-2019). Further, Marjolein was an adjunct lecturer at the University of Curacao from 2019-2021, where she taught Regional Human Rights Law.
Marjolein’s principal areas of research and study are the law of international institutions, human rights law, and global governance. Her research addresses accountability and transparency issues of public authorities, whether they operate at the national or international level. Marjolein was a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany) in 2013 and 2014. In addition, Marjolein served as a reviewer for the Oxford Journal of Transitional Justice (2010-2014), as a member of the editorial board of the School of Human Rights Research newsletter (2012-2016), as a reviewer for the International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights (2018), and as a rapporteur for the Comparative Covid-19 Project managed by the Young Scholar Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (2020-2021). She is a rapporteur for Oxford Database for International Organizations (OXIO).
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1 weeks |
11-Mar-2024 20-Mar-2024 |
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Classroom #5 |
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DIL-6128 |
Freedom of Expression in the...
DIL-6128-Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age3CreditsTechnological developments increase the speed of social changes; requiring the reinterpretation and adaption of international norms. In the past decade, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has transformed the way in which we exercise the right to freedom of expression. This course discusses this reality and provides students with the necessary skills to understand the role of ICT and media in the exercise of the right to freedom of expression. The course starts with the understanding of the ICT, its importance for the current social organization, and the rules governing its use. Then, it continues with the study of each of the elements that integrate the right to freedom of expression, and discuss the legal structures at global and regional levels which affect Media production, dissemination, content and audiences around the world. Throughout the course, students will consider the simultaneous protection of competing rights and the difficulties derived from the uses of new technologies. Each class is designed to provide students with the tools needed to identify states’ obligation, how they can be fulfilled in the digital era, and how these legal structures affecting Media can be understood as contributing to or creating obstacles to peace around the world. Therefore, by the end of this course, students will have the basic skills needed to promote and guarantee the exercise of the right to freedom of expression (and other human rights) in the digital age.
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Mandatory |
Mariateresa Garrido Villareal(Venezuela)
Mariateresa Garrido VillarealVenezuela
Dr. Mariateresa Garrido (Venezuela) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Law at UPEACE and the Doctoral Committee Coordinator. She is an international lawyer and holds a Doctorate from UPEACE. Her main research area is related to the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and the protection of journalists in Latin America; but she is also researching on the interaction between human rights and Information and Communication Technologies. She uses mixed methodologies and legal research to explore linkages between the law, journalism and new technologies. She also holds two Master’s Degrees; one from UPEACE in International Law and the Settlement of the Disputes and one from the Central University of Venezuela in Public International Law.
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3 weeks (Including one double session. Monday 15 April - Holiday) |
01-Apr-2024 19-Apr-2024 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #3 |
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DIL-6043 |
Globalization and Human Rights
DIL-6043-Globalization and Human Rights3CreditsThe 21st century is described as the age of globalization, a phenomenon which is increasingly affecting human beings in every aspect of their lives. While globalization has undoubtedly resulted in significant economic and social integration at the global level, the pace at which it is occurring has also brought with it several unintended consequences for the respect and promotion of human rights at other levels. The principal institutions facilitating this phenomenon such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, have often been accused of keeping human rights issues out of their respective domains. Business Corporations also have been accused of undermining human rights, and at times even being complicit in gross violations. An important feature of globalization is its nexus with development policies in our contemporary world, including the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals, development aid, regulation of infectious diseases, movement of people etc., often with regressive effects.
The critical challenge facing the present world order, therefore, lies in ensuring that the vehicles of globalization are oriented towards development and promotion of human rights, through appropriate laws and policies. This course will introduce students to the major themes and debates concerning these different linkages between globalization and human rights and explore the new streams of critique that have enabled a confluence as well as a questioning of the globalization-human rights interface.
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Mandatory |
Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
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3 |
3 weeks |
22-Apr-2024 10-May-2024 |
8:45 am.-11:45 am. |
Classroom #3 |
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DIL-6103 |
Protection of Refugees (1 credit)
DIL-6103-Protection of Refugees (1 credit)1CreditsThis course introduces learners to the international system for protection of refugees. Issues concerning international protection of refugees have undergone a sea change from the 1950s when the international instruments for protection of this vulnerable group of persons was first adopted. The contemporary world order poses serious challenges to their protection, beginning with identifying refugees within mixed migratory flows, inadequate national policies by states to protect them, their incompatibilities with international law, the role of international organisations like the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), issues of xenophobia and security in host countries amongst various other issues. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive picture to participants on what the international system for the protection of refugees is from the international perspective, what are their needs and available legal protections, which are the relevant actors involved in their protection and what are the challenges facing today’s refugees and host countries. The course also analyses the regional systems protection with the help of selected case studies. The course is based on a dynamic pedagogy including reading materials, video clips, case studies, and interactive webinars with the instructor as well as officials of UNHCR.
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Mandatory |
Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(Costa Rica)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesCosta Rica
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
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1 week (Wednesday 1 May - Holiday) |
13-May-2024 17-May-2024 |
8:45am.-11:45am. |
Classroom #4 |
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DIL-6106 |
Indigenous Peoples' Rights (1 credit)
DIL-6106-Indigenous Peoples' Rights (1 credit)1CreditsThis course will introduce students to the increasingly significant field of indigenous peoples’ rights and looks at the contemporary issues that have paradoxically led to a recognition of those rights on the one hand, while simultaneously challenging their implementation on the other. The course will address the broad spectrum of issues involved in the field of indigenous peoples’ rights, beginning with who qualifies to be “indigenous peoples”, the scope of their right to self-determination, the international and regional legal frameworks for the protection of their rights and the challenges associated therewith, and the debates surrounding the concept of indigenous governance. The course will also look closely into human security and human development issues relating to indigenous peoples, the role of investment, extractive industries and other business corporations in indigenous reservations/areas, and the place of indigenous peoples’ rights within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Strong emphasis will be placed throughout the course on case studies from around the world. Participants will explore legal and policy debates on mainstreaming versus autonomy, participatory governance, scope of ‘free, prior and informed consultation/consent’, self-determination and the right to development, amongst others. It will also analyse the impacts of colonization on cultures and languages of indigenous communities, including the perceived tension between universal gender equality norms and practices of some indigenous communities that may be seen as violative of rights of indigenous women or as perpetuating violence against them.
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Mandatory |
Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
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1 week |
20-May-2024 24-May-2024 |
1:00pm-3:45pm |
Classroom #4 |
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UPM-6003 |
The United Nations System and...
UPM-6003-The United Nations System and UPMUNC (Part II)1CreditsThe UPEACE Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) is the second part of a composite three credit course that begins with the two-credit introductory course on the United Nations System, taught in the first semester. Through a simulation of UN bodies, committees, procedures, and codes of conduct, this immersive and experiential educational exercise encourages the application of knowledge gained in previous courses, including an understanding of the objectives and functions of the United Nations system, as well as the development of professional skills related to research, public speaking, negotiation, mediation of conflict, and the preparation of official documents.
Historically, the conference has been open to outside participants from colleges and universities both regionally and internationally, presenting additional possibilities for networking, dialogue, and educational exchange among all participants. UPMUNC is further enriched by special events, which typically include a panel of invited speakers, a diplomatic reception, an awards ceremony, and a closing celebration.
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Mandatory |
UPEACE Resident Faculty()
Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
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3 days |
03-Jun-2024 05-Jun-2024 |
8:45am.-3:45pm. |
Council Room |
