1. Issues of jurisdiction; traditional bases of jurisdiction (territory, nationality, passive personality, protective principle, universal principle), universal jurisdiction
2.--issues of jurisdiction re nationality, ways of acquiring nationality (jus soli, jus sanguinis)
3.--international law and the individual; evolution of international law from
states to individuals; tension with principles of state sovereignty;
international human rights: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
4.--UN Charter: role of Security Council in dealing with threats to peace and security; peace-keeping issues (preventive diplomacy, peaceful settlement,
peacemaking, peace building, enforcement measures)
5.--UN Charter on use of force; right of self-defense; preemptive self-defense, categories of force (retorsion, reprisal)
6.--Laws of war; international humanitarian law, issues of necessity and proportionality in war; Nuremberg principle; crimes against humanity; war crimes; Geneva Conventions
7.--Settlement of disputes by peaceful means (negotiation, good offices, mediation, conciliation, arbitration)
8.--International Court of Justice, goals, jurisdiction, optional
clause/compulsory jurisdiction, advisory function; role of ICJ in developing international law